Carouse Definition

kə-rouz

caroused, carouses, carousing

verb

caroused, carouses, carousing

To drink large amounts of alcohol, especially in boisterous merrymaking.

American Heritage

To drink much alcoholic liquor, esp. along with others having a noisy, merry time.

Webster's New World

We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.

Wiktionary

(intransitive) To drink to excess.

If I survive this headache, I promise no more carousing at Brian's.

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noun

carouses

A noisy, merry drinking party.

Webster's New World

Carousal.

American Heritage

A glassful drunk all at once, esp. as a toast.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Carouse

Earlier a cup drunk up completely in one draft as a toast from French carous as in French (boire) carous (to drink a cup) up completely in one draft from German gar aus(trinken) (to drink) up completely (used in such exhortations as trinks gar aus drink it all up) gar completely (from Middle High German) (from Old High German garo) (archaic English yare ready) aus out, up auslander

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), from German gar aus (“quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”). More at drink.

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