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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Laura Dawson, an expert on U.S.-Canada economic relations, said the booze bans are “double-edged sword” for Canada’s government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Rolling into the restaurant and announcing you won't be footing your friends' booze bill can make you feel like a bit of a buzzkill if others are planning to live it up.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Activations — from banks to big tech, booze to beauty products — beckon attendees with the siren call of air conditioning and free WiFi, trading comfort for content and brand loyalty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
While much has been made about younger generations drinking less alcohol— sales External link fell to a record low in 2025—Americans are avoiding more than just booze.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
And there’s a minibar—with bottles of water instead of booze.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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
The final volume in Iyer's gloomily brilliant trilogy about a toxic friendship between unfortunate philosophy dons, boozing and bitching in the great tradition of Beckett's double acts.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 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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