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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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Weed’s true breakthrough won’t come from smoking, vaping, or even eating, but from beverages analogous to booze.
—Kate Bernot, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
With no internet, their only entertainment comes from booze, ping-pong, rudimentary video games, and VHS tapes of hokey old game shows.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 21 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Aggie is boozed enough to think this is funny rather than disturbing.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Weed’s true breakthrough won’t come from smoking, vaping, or even eating, but from beverages analogous to booze.
—Kate Bernot, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
The battle over the booze escalates into a full-on war that intersects with his enemies in both New York and the FBI.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
With no internet, their only entertainment comes from booze, ping-pong, rudimentary video games, and VHS tapes of hokey old game shows.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Booze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booze. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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