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See Also:

• present participle of carouse.

carousing

American  

[kuh-rou-zing] / kəˈraʊ zɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or habit of engaging in drunken revelry.

   I’ve been having a slow morning mentally—maybe from all that carousing at the pub last night.

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adjective

1. engaging in drunken revelry.

   He joked about a family wedding he had attended over the weekend, and some of the carousing relatives he’d seen there.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• uncarousing
  adjective
• carousingly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of carousing

First recorded in 1580–90; carouse ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun; carouse ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) for the adjective

Related Words

• banquet
• barbecue
• bash
• feast
• festivity
• gala
• luncheon
• reception
• shindig