carouse.
To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
Meaning & usage
To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.
To drink to excess.
If I survive this headache, I promise no more carousing at Brian’s.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), from German gar aus (literally “all out, quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”). Compare German Garaus.
A large draught of liquor.
A drinking bout; a carousal.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), from German gar aus (literally “all out, quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”). Compare German Garaus.
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