carouse
[kuh-rouz]
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
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
Synonyms for carouse
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Contemporary Examples of carousing
Kim Chol was reportedly executed for drinking and carousing during the official mourning period after Kim Jong-il's death.
He chose the country and let Alice flout contemporary morals, carousing and smoking in public.
Historical Examples of carousing
He does not even tell us what pleasure Henry finds in living and carousing with Falstaff.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
I remember, as if the scene of carousing of the old roysterers had been a sort of sanctuary.
The Woman Thou Gavest MeHall Caine
But for her these nights would be spent in drinking, roistering, fighting and carousing.
A Waif of the MountainsEdward S. Ellis
It is simply a cup of tea we mean to give; sorely there's no carousing in that.
Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I.Charles James Lever
After a while the carousing bandits called for what they called "Black Peter."
Red Cap TalesSamuel Rutherford Crockett
carouse
verb
noun
Word Origin for carouse
C16: via French carrousser from German (trinken) gar aus (to drink) right out
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