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- Dictionarycarouse/kəˈraʊz/
verb
- 1. drink alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way: "they danced and caroused until the drink ran out"
noun
- 1. a noisy, lively drinking party: "corporate carouses"
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CAROUSE definition: 1. to enjoy yourself by drinking alcohol and speaking and laughing loudly in a group of people: 2…. Learn more.
1. : a drunken revel. 2. archaic : a large draft of liquor. Did you know? Sixteenth-century English revelers toasting each other's health sometimes drank a brimming mug of booze straight to the bottom—drinking an "all-out," they called it. German tipplers did the same and used the German expression for "all out"— gar aus.
noun. carousing (caˈrousing) noun. Word origin. C16: via French carrousser from German (trinken) gar aus (to drink) right out. carouse in American English. (kəˈraʊz ) verb intransitive Word forms: caˈroused or caˈrousing. 1. to drink much alcoholic liquor, esp. along with others having a noisy, merry time. noun. 2. a noisy, merry drinking party. 3.
CAROUSE meaning: 1. to enjoy yourself by drinking alcohol and speaking and laughing loudly in a group of people: 2…. Learn more.
Carouse definition: to engage in a drunken revel. See examples of CAROUSE used in a sentence.
Carouse means to drink a lot of alcohol and behave in a loud, exuberant way. The neighbors will not appreciate it if you and your friends carouse in the backyard until dawn. Carouse comes from the German gar aus trinken meaning “all out," “drain the cup” or “drink up.”
Definition of carouse verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Carouse definition: To drink large amounts of alcohol, especially in boisterous merrymaking.
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Define carouse. carouse synonyms, carouse pronunciation, carouse translation, English dictionary definition of carouse. intr.v. ca·roused , ca·rous·ing , ca·rous·es To drink large amounts of alcohol, especially in boisterous merrymaking.
