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booze
(bo͞oz) Slangn.
1.
a. Hard liquor.
b. An alcoholic beverage.
2. A drinking spree.
intr.v. boozed, booz·ing, booz·es
To drink alcoholic beverages excessively or chronically.
[Alteration of obsolete bouse, from Middle English bousen, to drink to excess, from Middle Dutch būsen.]
booz′er n.
booz′i·ly adv.
booz′y adj.
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booze
(buːz)n
1. alcoholic drink
2. a drinking bout or party
vb
(usually intr) to drink (alcohol), esp in excess
[C13: from Middle Dutch būsen]
boozed adj
ˈboozing n
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booze
(buz)n., v. boozed, booz•ing. Informal. n.
1. any alcoholic drink, as whiskey.
2. a drinking bout or spree.
v.i. 3. to drink alcoholic liquor, esp. to excess.
[1610–20; dial. variant of bouse, Middle English bous strong drink < Middle Dutch būsen to drink to excess]
booz′er, n.
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booze
Past participle: boozed
Gerund: boozing
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Noun | 1. | ![]() alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" aqua vitae, ardent spirits - strong distilled liquor or brandy arak, arrack - any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses bitters - alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots brandy - distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice gin - strong liquor flavored with juniper berries ouzo - a Greek liquor flavored with anise rum - liquor distilled from fermented molasses mescal - a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant) tequila - Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant vodka - unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia firewater - any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum) lacing - a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage |
Verb | 1. | booze - consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" tank - consume excessive amounts of alcohol port - drink port; "We were porting all in the club after dinner" claret - drink claret; "They were clareting until well past midnight" bar hop, pub-crawl - go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk; "he pub-crawled around Birmingham" tope, drink - drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife" wine - drink wine |
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booze
(Informal)noun
1. alcohol, drink, spirits, juice (informal), the bottle (informal), liquor, grog (informal, chiefly Austral. & N.Z.), the hard stuff (informal), strong drink, intoxicant, firewater, John Barleycorn, hooch or hootch (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) empty bottles of booze
verb
1. drink, indulge, get drunk, tipple, imbibe, tope, carouse, bevvy (dialect), get plastered, drink like a fish, go on the piss (taboo slang), get soused, get tanked up (informal), go on a binge or bender (informal), hit the booze or bottle (informal) a load of drunken businessmen who had been boozing all afternoon
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booze
nounverb
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Translations
خَمْر، مَشْروباتٌ كُحولِيّهمَشْروب روحِيّيَشْرَبُ مَشْروبات كُحوليّه
chlastchlastatpít jako duhapití
sprutdrikke
viina
piće
piapiál
áfengiòjóra, drekka
酒
술
gėrimaigirtuokliauti
alkoholiski dzērienialkoholsdzertžūpot
pijatikapiť ako dúha
sprit
เครื่องดื่มที่มีแอลกอฮอล์
içkiiçki içmekkafayı çekmek
rượu
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
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
booze
(inf)Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
booze
(buːz) noun alcoholic drink. Have you got enough booze for the party?
verb to drink alcoholic drinks.
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booze
→ مَشْروب روحِيّ chlast sprut Alkohol ποτό trago viina bibine piće bevanda alcolica 酒 술 sterkedrank alkohol alkohol bebida alcoólica выпивка sprit เครื่องดื่มที่มีแอลกอฮอล์ içki rượu 酒Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
booze
n (fam o vulg) bebida alcohólica (incluyendo vino y cerveza)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.