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CAROUSE
carouse, carousal, bender, toot, booze-up
(noun) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
carouse, roister, riot
(verb) engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; “They were out carousing last night”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
carouse (third-person singular simple present carouses, present participle carousing, simple past and past participle caroused)
(intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering. [from 1550s]
(intransitive) To drink to excess.
Noun
carouse (plural carouses)
A large draught of liquor.
A drinking match; a carousal.
Anagrams
• acerous
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*rouse", n. Etym: [F. carrousse, earlier carous, fr. G. garaus finishing stroke, the emptying of the cup in drinking a health; gar entirely + aus out. See Yare, and Out.]
1. A large draught of liguor. [Obs.] "A full carouse of sack." Sir J. Davies. Drink carouses to the next day's fate. Shak.
2. A drinking match; a carousal. The early feast and late carouse. Pope.
Ca*rouse", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caroused; p. pr. & vb. n. Carousing.]
Definition: To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels. He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. Shak.
Ca*rouse" v. t.
Definition: To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. [Archaic] Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape. Denham. Egypt's wanton queen, Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love. Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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