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The definition of a carouse is a noisy, drinking party.

(noun)

An example of a carouse is a party at a college fraternity house.

Carouse is defined as drinking a lot or having a noisy and fun time while drinking alcohol.

(verb)

An example of carouse is to have ten drinks at the bar.

See carouse in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb caroused, carousing

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

Origin: obs. Fr carousse, carousal < Ger gar aus, quite out < gar austrinken, to drink up entirely

noun

a noisy, merry drinking party
Obsolete a glassful drunk all at once, esp. as a toast

Related Forms:

carouser noun

See carouse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb ca·roused, ca·rous·ing, ca·rous·es

To engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking.
To drink excessively.

noun

Carousal.

Origin:

Origin: German garaus, all out, drink up

Origin: : gar, completely (from Middle High German, from Old High German garo)

Origin: + aus, out, up; see auslander

Related Forms:

ca·rousˈer noun

Word History: The origin of the word carouse can be found in a German interjection that meant “time to leave the bar.” German garaus, which is derived from the phrase gar (“all”) aus (“out”), meaning “all out,” then came to mean “drink up, bottoms up,” and “a last drink before closing time.” The English borrowed this noun, with the meaning “the practice of sitting around drinking until closing time,” sometimes spelling the word garaus but usually spelling it closer to the way it is spelled today. Soon after the word is first recorded as a noun in 1559, we find the verb carouse, in 1567.

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