boozed; boozing
: to drink intoxicating liquor especially to excess
—often used in the phrase booze it up
: intoxicating drink
especially
: hard liquor
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
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Jeannette Cooperman, Travel + Leisure, 13 Feb. 2026
Water drips from the rocky walls just behind it, pig blood backs up the drains of the stables, and booze bottles eventually overtake Mr. Earnshaw’s parlor.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Feb. 2026
Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
Besides abstaining from booze, scientists also don’t have a bulletproof way to prevent hangovers.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Best Hotels & Resorts The Old Gin House This spot was a public guesthouse in 1760, later a factory (the gin refers to cotton, not booze).
—Jeannette Cooperman, Travel + Leisure, 13 Feb. 2026
Water drips from the rocky walls just behind it, pig blood backs up the drains of the stables, and booze bottles eventually overtake Mr. Earnshaw’s parlor.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
Keep the booze flowing at White Stadium during professional women’s soccer matches, the Boston City Council said when rejecting a measure that sought to uphold state law restricting alcohol at public school facilities.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
Besides abstaining from booze, scientists also don’t have a bulletproof way to prevent hangovers.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Booze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booze. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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