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booze
[ booz ]
noun
- any alcoholic beverage; whiskey.
- a drinking bout or spree.
verb (used without object)
- to drink alcohol, especially to excess:
He continued to booze until his health finally gave out.
booze
/ buːz /
noun
- alcoholic drink
- a drinking bout or party
verb
- usually intr to drink (alcohol), esp in excess
Derived Forms
- boozed, adjective
- ˈboozing, noun
Other Words From
- boozer noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of booze1
Idioms and Phrases
- booze it up, to drink heavily and persistently.
Example Sentences
Cue heartbroken Galavant engorging himself on booze and mutton back home.
Unfortunately, the underground tunnels that were used to transport booze and, if necessary, escaping patrons, are off-limits.
The Internet is like booze—a little bit gives you a pleasant buzz.
Oregon and Alaska, like Colorado and Washington, will try their hand at regulating weed like booze.
The Founders had a sure-fire way to get out the vote: get out the booze.
Ive seen a lot of booze-fighters, and helped tuck some of them underground, but I never saw any rum hound just like this guy.
When Tarbell discovered him he had cut out the booze, had grown a beard, and was thirsting for vengeance.
At any graft, no matter what,Your merry goblins soon stravag: Booze and the blowens cop the lot.
You vas too mooch oof a feller for der booze, und dot's vat's blayed der tickens mit you.
Not the type out for the booze, just bright youngsters who were going on the boulevards out of curiosity.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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