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carouse.

To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/kəˈɹaʊz/UK, US
  1. To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.

    intransitive
    We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.
  2. To drink to excess.

    intransitive · transitive
    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.

noun/kəˈɹaʊz/UK, US
  1. A large draught of liquor.

  2. 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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