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
Recent Examples on the Web
Jeannette Cooperman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2025
The fiancee of a groom-to-be killed the day before his wedding by a teenage wrong-way driver on the Henry Hudson Parkway is suing the young suspect, a Times Square nightclub the lawsuit says served him booze, and an off-duty NYPD officer for chasing him after an earlier crash.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 28 July 2025
John Kell, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
But American booze was never much of a staple at Grumpys.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Best Hotels and 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, 11 Aug. 2025
The fiancee of a groom-to-be killed the day before his wedding by a teenage wrong-way driver on the Henry Hudson Parkway is suing the young suspect, a Times Square nightclub the lawsuit says served him booze, and an off-duty NYPD officer for chasing him after an earlier crash.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 28 July 2025
Noun
Alcohol consumption has declined in the U.S., a trend that’s led by Gen Z, a group that’s consumed far less booze than millennials and other older generations.
—John Kell, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
But American booze was never much of a staple at Grumpys.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Booze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booze. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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