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booze

[booz] noun, verb, boozed, booz⋅ing. Informal.
–noun
1. any alcoholic beverage; whiskey.
2. a drinking bout or spree.
–verb (used without object)
3. to drink alcohol, esp. to excess: He continued to booze until his health finally gave out.
4. booze it up, to drink heavily and persistently.

Origin:
1610–20; resp. of bouse 2 , reflecting one of its pron. variants


boozer, noun
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booze   (bōōz)   
n.  
    1. Hard liquor.

    2. An alcoholic beverage.

  1. 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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