booze

1 of 2

verb

boozed; boozing

intransitive verb

: to drink intoxicating liquor especially to excess
often used in the phrase booze it up

booze

2 of 2

noun

: intoxicating drink
especially : hard liquor
boozily adverb
boozy adjective

Examples of booze in a Sentence

Verb He was out boozing with his friends. he went out boozing with his friends on his 21st birthday Noun We bought some chips and booze for the party. this will be a birthday party without booze
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Here’s how this all stacks up to booze, heart-health-wise. Ali Finney, SELF, 26 Feb. 2024 After years on Houston’s hospitality scene, the duo transitioned from food to booze after years of experimental distilling. Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 Bread pudding with bananas, apples or boozed up at during Devour Indy Bread pudding aficionados, this is your time. The Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2024 Eventually, everyone gets sick of all this pressure and starts boozing their troubles away. Alex Raiman, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2023 Over the course of a roller-coaster relationship, in which booze alternately ignites and smothers their romantic flame, the couple get married, raise a daughter, drift apart, collide again and take stutter steps toward recovery. Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024 The event is fueled by defense contractors who pay several hundred dollars a ticket for food, booze, and access to special-operations and intelligence-community leaders. Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023 Homeless people sometimes broke in to sleep and booze it up alongside piles of archived legal files. Sarah Hurtes, New York Times, 9 June 2023 His night was over, and some of his friends were waiting to party with him and booze away his loss. Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
Noun
Many of the bullfighters live in a haze of booze, starting in the morning. Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024 And thankfully, nobody raises the cost of booze for Valentine’s Day — at least not yet. Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024 Fleming succumbed at age 56: The short spasm, shortened further by 70 cigarettes a day and lashings of booze, was over. James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2024 The end of Drizly doesn’t mean the end of booze to your door. Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024 But budtenders typically know more about weed than bartenders know about booze. Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024 Tasters include industry leaders, bartenders, booze writers, etc. Brad Japhe, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024 For the home mixologists, give our drink generator a shake and serve up classic or creative drinks, with or without booze. Matt Brooks, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024 The third floor will bring a private members club featuring day pool, and members’ only food and booze. Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English bousen, from Middle Dutch būsen

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of booze was in the 14th century

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Cite this Entry

“Booze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booze. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

booze

noun
ˈbüz
: alcoholic liquor

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