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verb (used without object)
1.
to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
2.
to drink deeply and frequently.
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Carouse
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| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
| to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax. |
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
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.
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."
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