booze

verb

boozed; boozing
Synonyms of boozenext

intransitive verb

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

Examples of booze in a Sentence

He was out boozing with his friends. he went out boozing with his friends on his 21st birthday
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Kara crashes in, all boozed up, having returned to a planet where their super-metabolism doesn’t work. Kate Aurthur, Variety, 20 May 2026 Still, Garance’s death stare into the void, where this woman is still hard-boozing 90 minutes into the movie, starts to run its premise thin despite Exarchopoulos’ terrific and totally internalized turn. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2026 When a screaming match nearly ended in a fistfight—the director was famously into drugs, booze, and gambling at the time—Toberoff quit. Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for booze

Word History

Etymology

Middle English bousen, from Middle Dutch būsen

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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

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“Booze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booze. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

Kids Definition

booze

noun
ˈbüz
: alcoholic liquor

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