carouse

[kuh-rouz]

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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.

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

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

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1. revel, celebrate, drink; live it up.

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Examples from the Web for carousing

Contemporary Examples

Kim Chol was reportedly executed for drinking and carousing during the official mourning period after Kim Jong-il's death.
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The Telegraph
August 30, 2013
He chose the country and let Alice flout contemporary morals, carousing and smoking in public.
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February 15, 2012

Historical Examples

He does not even tell us what pleasure Henry finds in living and carousing with Falstaff.
The Man Shakespeare
Frank Harris
I remember, as if the scene of carousing of the old roysterers had been a sort of sanctuary.
The Woman Thou Gavest Me
Hall Caine
But for her these nights would be spent in drinking, roistering, fighting and carousing.
A Waif of the Mountains
Edward 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 Tales
Samuel Rutherford Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for carousing

carouse

verb

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

noun

another word for carousal

Derived Formscarouser, nouncarousing, noun

Word Origin

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

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Word Origin and History for carousing

carouse

v.

1550s, from Middle French carousser "drink, quaff, swill," from German gar aus "quite out," from gar austrinken; trink garaus "to drink up entirely." Frequently also as an adverb in early English usage (to drink carouse).

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Examples from the Web for carousing

Contemporary Examples

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

He does not even tell us what pleasure Henry finds in living and carousing with Falstaff.

I remember, as if the scene of carousing of the old roysterers had been a sort of sanctuary.

But for her these nights would be spent in drinking, roistering, fighting and carousing.

It is simply a cup of tea we mean to give; sorely there's no carousing in that.

After a while the carousing bandits called for what they called "Black Peter."

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Word Origin and History for carousing

carouse

v.

Origin of carouse