Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Hard liquor.
- n. An alcoholic beverage.
- n. A drinking spree.
- v. To drink alcoholic beverages excessively or chronically.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To drink deeply, especially with a boon companion and to partial intoxication; guzzle liquor; tipple, Also bouse, bouze, bowse.
- n. Liquor; drink.
- n. A drinking-bout; a spree.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.
- n. A carouse; a drinking.
- n. any alcoholic beverage, especially a strong beverage such as whiskey.
WordNet 3.0
- v. consume alcohol
- n. an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
Etymologies
- Alteration of obsolete bouse, from Middle English bousen, to drink to excess, from Middle Dutch būsen.
Examples
“I'm supplying movies, space, and at least half the pizza, but my booze is my booze.”
“This week he auctioned off his old typewriter for over $250k to raise money for the institute - that could have kept him in booze for a few years, or HST supplied for a few months.”
“I am strongly opposed to additional taxes on liquor on the basis that the heavy consumption of cheap booze is my primary tactic for getting through this recession.”
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“May 6th, 2009 Jessica Hagy Posted in booze, expectations |”
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“Ms. MacIntosh portrays The Fourth as a former good-time Charlie indulging in booze, babes and fast cars before pulling himself together to claim his royal birthright.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘booze’.
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MANY A WORD!
This is just a list, right, that I'm gonna, like, fill with words, that, like, are every word that I can, like, think of with, ahhmm, my brain.
and, able, art, ass, algebra, amp, ankle, booze, bong, aura, bling, bright and 134 more...
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Especially
Being a list of words which have "especially" in their definitions.
wringing-machine, especially, device, field, scrip, hit, catch, take, buck, flip, effluvium, proselyte and 100 more...
qroqqa 'serve oneself to, or consume regularly'? Jun 11, 2009
asativum Beer isn't booze? Weirdnet... Jun 11, 2009