carouse

verb (used without object)

to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.

to drink deeply and frequently.

noun

Origin:
1550–60; variant of garouse < German gar aus (trinken) (to drink) fully out, i.e. drain the cup; compare Middle French carous < dialectal German gar ūs

Related forms

ca·rous·er, noun

ca·rous·ing·ly, adverb

un·ca·rous·ing, adjective

Synonyms
1. revel, celebrate, drink; live it up.

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carouse (kəˈraʊz)

—vb
1.	(intr) to have a merry drinking spree; drink freely

—n
2.	another word for carousal

[C16: via French carrousser from German (trinken) gar aus (to drink) right out]

ca'rouser

—n

ca'rousing

—n

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Word Origin & History

carouse

1567, from M.Fr. carousser "drink, quaff, swill," from Ger. gar aus "quite out," from gar austrinken "to drink up entirely."

Example sentences

Pausing in his duties, a ruddy-faced lamplighter in plain homespun pauses to carouse with his fellows in the village streets.

Carouse me fathom-healths to the honour of the shoemakers.

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