verb
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have carousedperfect
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has carousedperfect 3rd person singular
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is carousingprogressive 3rd person singular
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are carousingprogressive
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carousessingular 3rd person
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carousingparticiple
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have been carousingperfect progressive
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am carousingprogressive 1st person singular
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has been carousingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
Past
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had carousedperfect
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had been carousingperfect progressive
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was carousingprogressive singular
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carousedsimple
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carousedparticiple
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were carousingprogressive plural
Future
Etymology
Origin of carouse
First recorded in 1550–60; variant of garouse, from German gar aus (trinken) “(to drink) fully out,” i.e., “to drain the cup”; compare Middle French carous, from dialectal German gar ūs
Explanation
Carouse means to drink a lot of alcohol and behave in a loud, exuberant way. The neighbors will not appreciate it if you and your friends carouse in the backyard until dawn. Carouse comes from the German gar aus trinken meaning “all out," “drain the cup” or “drink up.” The English adopted the word in the 16th century, and it came to mean “sitting around drinking until closing time.” A noisy drinking party is sometimes called a carouse.
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Example Sentences
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O that my Bottle one whole Diamond were, 90So fild with Nectar that a Flye might sup, And at one draught that thou mightst drinke it vp, Yet a Carouse not good enough I feare.
From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril
You know, my Friends, with what a brave Carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; Divorced old barren Reason from my Bed, And took the Daughter of the Vine to Spouse.
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by FitzGerald, Edward
Carouse in Tea, that will your Souls inspire; Drink Phoebus's liquor and command his Lyre.
From The Little Tea Book by Hood, George Washington
From Cradle unto Grave I keep a House OF Entertainment where may drowse Bacilli and kindred Germs—or feed—or breed Their festering Species in a deep Carouse.
From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Twain, Mark
Carouse, laugh, and be cruel to-day; to-morrow you will be hungry and you will groan: Ah, we have delayed too long!
From I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross by Rosegger, Peter
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