![[P]](http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/premium_mh.gif){kind=small}
| Material Carousels - CA Carousel & Other Material Handling Solutions - CA State - 818-898-1900 www.SystemsAutomated.com |
Sponsored Link |
ca·rouse 
Audio Help [kuh-rouz] Pronunciation Key verb, -roused, -rous·ing, noun
—Related forms
Audio Help [kuh-rouz] Pronunciation Key verb, -roused, -rous·ing, noun –verb (used without object)
–noun
| 1. | to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night. |
| 2. | to drink deeply and frequently. |
| 3. | carousal. |
[Origin: 1550–60; var. of garouse < G gar aus (trinken) (to drink) fully out, i.e. drain the cup; cf. MF carous < dial. G gar ūs]
] —Related forms
ca·rous·er, noun
ca·rous·ing·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 1. revel, celebrate, drink; live it up.
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
Carouse
To learn more about Carouse visit Britannica.com
| © 2008 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. |
| ca·rouse
Audio Help (kə-rouz') Pronunciation Key
intr.v. ca·roused, ca·rous·ing, ca·rous·es
n. Carousal. [German garaus, all out, drink up : gar, completely (from Middle High German, from Old High German garo) + aus, out, up; see auslander.] ca·rous'er n. 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. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
carouse
1567, from M.Fr. carousser "drink, quaff, swill," from Ger. gar aus "quite out," from gar austrinken "to drink up entirely."
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| carouse | |
noun | |
| 1. | revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party |
verb | |
| 1. | engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; "They were out carousing last night" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
carouse [kəˈrauz] verb
to take part in a noisy drinking session
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Carouse
Ca*rous"al\, n. [See Carouse, but also cf. F. carrousel tilt.] A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse. The swains were preparing for a carousal. --Sterne. Syn: Banquet; revel; orgie; carouse. See Feast.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Carouse
Ca*rouse"\ (k[.a]*rouz"), n. [F. carrousse, earlier carous, fr. G. garaus finishing stroke, the entire emptying of the cup in drinking a health; gar entirely + aus out. See Yare, and Out.]1. A large draught of liquor. [Obs.] "A full carouse of sack." --Sir J. Davies. Drink carouses to the next day's fate. --Shak. 2. A drinking match; a carousal. The early feast and late carouse. --Pope.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Carouse
Ca*rouse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caroused; p. pr. & vb. n. Carousing.] To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels. He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. --Shak.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
View results from: Dictionary | Thesaurus | Encyclopedia | All Reference | the Web
Share This: 
Perform a new search, or try your search for "Carouse" at:
- Amazon.com - Shop for books, music and more
- Reference.com - Encyclopedia Search
- Reference.com - Web Search powered by Ask.com
- Thesaurus.com - Search for synonyms and antonyms
