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boozing

  • present participle
    of booze.
    booze
    noun
    any alcoholic beverage; whiskey.
  • a word derived from booze.
    booze
    noun
    any alcoholic beverage; whiskey.

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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

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