carousing

American

[kuh-rou-zing] / kəˈraʊ zɪŋ /

noun

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.

adjective

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

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

Example Sentences

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Carousing that apparently took her to one of the casinos on the Croisette, where Altman himself taught her how to play blackjack.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2019

Carousing had been his rejection of conventional education; walking would be his rejection of carousing.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2012

Sea Captains Carousing at Surinam lies a world away from such formal make-believe.

From Time Magazine Archive

What of your second sacrilege Carousing at Belshazzar's side?

From The Congo and Other Poems by Lindsay, Vachel

Carousing till midnight is a befitting finale to the proceedings of the lodge.

From Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius by O'Reilly, A. J. (Augustine J.)

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