carouse

[ kuh-rouz ]

verb (used without object)

, ca·roused, ca·rous·ing.

1. to engage in a drunken revel:

   They caroused all night.

   Synonyms: drink, celebrate, revel

2. to drink deeply and frequently.

noun

1. carousal.

carouse

/ kəˈraʊz /

verb

1. intr to have a merry drinking spree; drink freely

noun

1. See carousal
   another word for carousal

Derived Forms

• caˈrouser, noun
• caˈrousing, noun

Other Words From

• ca·rous·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of carouse¹

First recorded in 1550–60; variant of garouse, from German gar aus (trinken) “(to drink) fully out,” i.e., “to drain the cup”; compare Middle French carous, from dialectal German gar ūs

Word History and Origins

Origin of carouse¹

C16: via French carrousser from German ( trinken ) gar aus (to drink) right out

Example Sentences

I was an Innkeeper, who loved to carouse; J was a Joiner, and built up a house.

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Next evening when preparation began, Pietrie and Graham got everything ready for the carouse in their classroom.

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Yet what a scene for a carouse, what an incredible vice, was this that the poor man had chosen!

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Some of them had held a drunken carouse at their rendezvous at Heavy Tree.

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Like vikings, we await The grim, ungarlanded carouse We keep to-night with Fate.

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