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intransitive verb boozed, boozing

Informal to drink too much alcoholic liquor

Origin: earlier bouse, bowse < MDu busen; akin to MHG bus, a bloating fullness; ult. < IE *bhōu-, var. of base *bheu-, to grow, swell: see be

noun

an alcoholic drink; liquor
a drinking spree

See booze in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. Hard liquor.
b. An alcoholic beverage.
A drinking spree.

intransitive verb boozed boozed, booz·ing, booz·es

To drink alcoholic beverages excessively or chronically.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of obsolete bouse

Origin: , from Middle English bousen, to drink to excess

Origin: , from Middle Dutch būsen

Related Forms:

boozˈer noun

boozˈi·ly adverb

boozˈy adjective

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