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carousing

[ kuh-rou-zing ]

noun

  1. the act or habit of engaging in drunken revelry:

    I’ve been having a slow morning mentally—maybe from all that carousing at the pub last night.



adjective

  1. engaging in drunken revelry:

    He joked about a family wedding he had attended over the weekend, and some of the carousing relatives he’d seen there.

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Other Words From

  • ca·rous·ing·ly adverb
  • un·ca·rous·ing adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of carousing1

First recorded in 1580–90; carouse ( def ) + -ing 1( def ) for the noun; carouse ( def ) + -ing 2( def ) for the adjective

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