carouse

¹ca·rouse

noun \kə-ˈrau̇z\

Definition of CAROUSE

1

archaic : a large draft of liquor : toast

2

: a drunken revel

Examples of CAROUSE

1. <the Old West custom of heading to the saloon at night for an all-out carouse and some poker playing>

Origin of CAROUSE

Middle French carrousse, from carous, adverb, all out (in boire carous to empty the cup), from German gar aus

First Known Use: 1559

Related to CAROUSE

Synonyms: bender, binge, bust, carousal, drunk, jamboree, spree, toot, wassail

Related Words: compotation; blowout, kegger (also keg party); bacchanalia, orgy, revel, revelry; bibbery, bibulousness, drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, jag, tipsiness

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Other Alcoholic Beverage Terms

finish, gimlet, mull, sake, setup, sommelier, syllabub, vintner, wassail

Rhymes with CAROUSE

arouse, delouse, rehouse, roughhouse, warehouse