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carouse verb [ kəˈraʊz ]

• drink alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.
• "they danced and caroused until the drink ran out"
Similar: drink and make merry, go on a drinking bout, go on a binge, binge, binge-drink, overindulge, drink heavily/freely, go on a pub crawl, bar-hop, go on a spree, have a party, revel, celebrate, feast, enjoy oneself, have a good time, roister, eat, drink, and be merry, frolic, romp, booze, go boozing, go on a bender, paint the town red, bend one's elbow, party, rave, have a ball, raise hell, make whoopee, live it up, whoop it up, have a fling, go on the bevvy, wassail,

carouse noun

• a noisy, lively drinking party.
• "corporate carouses"
Origin: mid 16th century: originally as an adverb meaning ‘right out, completely’ in the phrase drink carouse, from German gar aus trinken ; hence ‘drink heavily, have a drinking bout’.


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