booze

[booz]

noun

1. any alcoholic beverage; whiskey.

2. a drinking bout or spree.

verb (used without object)

boozed, boozing 

1. to drink alcohol, especially to excess.

   He continued to booze until his health finally gave out.

booze

/ buːz /

noun

1. alcoholic drink

2. a drinking bout or party

verb

1. (usually intr) to drink (alcohol), esp in excess

Other Word Forms

• boozer noun
• boozed adjective
• boozing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of booze¹

1610–20; respelling of bouse ², reflecting one of its pronunciation variants

Word History and Origins

Origin of booze¹

C13: from Middle Dutch būsen

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. booze it up, to drink heavily and persistently.

Example Sentences

On the red carpet earlier in the night she told me "Win or lose, we're on the booze, so I'm having a good night anyway."

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How has your relationship with drugs and booze changed over the past four or five years?

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He tells me, “I loved to booze, it was just that I knew it was going to kill me.”

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Patrons at the Reno Club in Billings, Montana, on Nov. 14 last year learned firsthand the danger of gathering in spots where booze and guns mix.

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But can pubs - inextricably linked to the sale of booze - entice the younger generation to its premises when the around one-third of under-25s and 20% of all Brits don't drink alcohol?

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Related Words

• alcohol