carousal

loud, riotous drinking party: The carousal went on all night long.

Not to be confused with:

carousel – merry-go-round: I still remember my first carousel ride when I was a small child.; a tournament on horseback

ca·rous·al

(kə-rou′zəl)

1. A riotous drinking party.

2. Boisterous drunken merrymaking or revelry.

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carousal

(kəˈraʊzəl)

a merry drinking party

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ca•rous•al

(kəˈraʊ zəl)

n.

a drunken revel.

[1755–1765]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

carousal - revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party

booze-up, carouse, toot, bender

revel, revelry - unrestrained merrymaking

carousal

noun

A drinking bout:

binge, brannigan, carouse, drunk, spree.

Slang: bat, bender, booze, jag, tear.

Translations

حَفْلَةُ سُكْرٍ ومُجونٍ صاخِبَه

hýřenípitka

sviren

Trinkgelage

beuverie

tivornya

drykkjusvall

fyllefest rangel

пьянка

pitka

içki âlemi

狂欢宴会

carousal

[kəˈraʊzəl] N (liter) → jarana f, parranda f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

carousal

n (old) → (Zech)gelage nt, → Schmaus m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

carousal

[kəˈraʊz/əl] n → bevuta

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

carouse

(kəˈrauz) verb

to take part in a noisy drinking session.

caˈrousal noun

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And of course, when the bleeding remnants of Bob and Nicky were sent packing in their skiff, the event must needs be celebrated in further carousal.

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In the mean time, Major Hartmann began to grow noisy and jocular; glass succeeded glass, and mug after mug was introduced, until the carousal had run deep into the night, or rather morning; when the veteran German ex- I pressed an inclination to return to the mansion- house.

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Alcohol, which, from its portable qualities, containing the greatest quantity of fiery spirit in the smallest compass, is the only liquor carried across the mountains, is the inflammatory beverage at these carousals, and is dealt out to the trappers at four dollars a pint.

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From reading he passed to sleeping, from sleeping to gossip in drawing rooms of the Club, from gossip to carousals and women; from carousals back to gossip, reading, and wine.

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Leslie seemed always to enjoy those lighthouse carousals very much, and bloomed out for the time being into ready wit and beautiful laughter, or glowing-eyed silence.

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I imagine, I said, at the next step in his progress, that there will be feasts and carousals and revellings and courtezans, and all that sort of thing; Love is the lord of the house within him, and orders all the concerns of his soul.

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I have it,'' he added, after pausing for a moment ``Sir Templar, thou canst write as well as read, and if we can but find the writing materials of my chaplain, who died a twelvemonth since in the midst of his Christmas carousals ''

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Never had Anna of Austria appeared to him so beautiful, amid balls, fetes, or carousals, as she appeared to him at this moment, dressed in a simple robe of white satin, and accompanied by Donna Estafania-- the only one of her Spanish women who had not been driven from her by the jealousy of the king or by the persecutions of Richelieu.

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The long winter evenings within the castle of Torn were often spent in rough, wild carousals in the great hall where a thousand men might sit at table singing, fighting and drinking until the gray dawn stole in through the east windows, or Peter the Hermit, the fierce majordomo, tired of the din and racket came stalking into the chamber with drawn sword and laid upon the revellers with the flat of it to enforce the authority of his commands to disperse.

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A few sidelong glances, and a whispered observation, that "the ghost was come," was all the notice he drew by his appearance, and we went on with our merry carousals as before, till he startled us all by suddenly drawing in his chair, and leaning forward with his elbows on the table, and exclaiming with portentous solemnity, - "Well!

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Based on product type, the market has been segmented into medication dispensing cabinets, packaging and labelling systems, IV pharmacy (automated drug compounding), robotic dispensing systems, carousal storage systems and tablet splitters.

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