booze
Americannoun
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any alcoholic beverage; whiskey.
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a drinking bout or spree.
verb (used without object)
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boozes,
present (3rd person singular)
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boozed,
past participle, past
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boozing
present participle
idioms
noun
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alcoholic drink
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a drinking bout or party
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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boozesimple
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boozessimple
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have boozedperfect
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has boozedperfect
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am boozingprogressive
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are boozingprogressive
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is boozingprogressive
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have been boozingperfect progressive
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has been boozingperfect progressive
Past
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boozedsimple
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had boozedperfect
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was boozingprogressive
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were boozingprogressive
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had been boozingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of booze
1610–20; respelling of bouse 2, reflecting one of its pronunciation variants
Example Sentences
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What happens if somebody orders $500 worth of food for a group or $500 worth of booze, and you suspect they got wind of your charitable endeavor?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
The group, which represents companies including Athletic, Diageo North America and Ritual Zero Proof, is advising members to ditch zero and alcohol-free claims on any beverage containing trace booze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Both Ontario and Quebec had yet to say whether they were on board with a reversal on the US booze boycott.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Carney on Wednesday asked the provinces to restock US booze.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
And there’s a minibar—with bottles of water instead of booze.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
While trends should begin to brighten in China–where tighter rules on boozing among public officials have hit cognac sales–the outlook in the U.S. market remains worrying for the group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The King seemed less convinced by another piece of hi-tech boozing, where he was shown how an image could be printed, using beetroot or carrot juice, on to the beer's surface.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
These shrews can really hold their nectar: Despite boozing nightly on the high-alcohol nectar, they show no effects of intoxication.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 21, 2015
Unlike any music journalist I've ever known, Stanley also spends more time working than boozing it up down the pub.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2013
"How do you feel this morning, my friend?" continued the engineer; and Christy thought he was making himself very familiar with the boozing seaman, who was at least fifty years old.
From A Victorious Union by Oliver Optic
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