carouse

[ kuh-rouz ]

/ kəˈraʊz /

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verb (used without object), ca·roused, ca·rous·ing.

to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.

to drink deeply and frequently.

noun

carousal.

OTHER WORDS FOR carouse

1 revel, celebrate, drink; live it up.

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Origin of carouse

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

OTHER WORDS FROM carouse

ca·rous·er, nounca·rous·ing·ly, adverbun·ca·rous·ing, adjective

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How to use carouse in a sentence

Kim Chol was reportedly executed for drinking and carousing during the official mourning period after Kim Jong-il's death.
Kim Jong-un’s Ex-Lover Reportedly ‘Executed by Firing Squad’|The Telegraph|August 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He chose the country and let Alice flout contemporary morals, carousing and smoking in public.
Kate Upton’s Congressman Uncle and More Scandalous Political Ties|Ben Jacobs|February 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
If the men were carousing the watch kept would be less strict, and there might be some chance of obtaining a boat.
Commodore Junk|George Manville Fenn
The Hague gives me the impression of being one huge gallery of more or less immoral fat men and women carousing.
Polly the Pagan|Isabel Anderson

The yells of carousing miners down at Slavin's told us that nothing could be done with them that night.
Black Rock|Ralph Connor
When two kings are carousing, they have a stand for the turned-down cups; the Kuan had a turned-down cup-stand, too!
The Sayings Of Confucius|Confucius
With open arms the clubs welcomed the poet to their festivities; each man proud to think that he was carousing with Robbie Burns.
Robert Burns|Principal Shairp.

British Dictionary definitions for carouse

carouse

/ (kəˈraʊz) /

verb

(intr) to have a merry drinking spree; drink freely

noun

another word for carousal

Derived forms of carouse

carouser, nouncarousing, noun

Word Origin for carouse

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

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