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booze

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verb

as in to drink
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages he went out boozing with his friends on his 21st birthday

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Recent Examples of booze
Noun
Fruit flies drown themselves in booze when deprived of mating opportunities. Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025 Clementine’s is also known for its naughty (boozy) and nice (booze-free) flavors. Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
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 See All Example Sentences for booze
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booze
Noun
  • Made without parabens, soaps or alcohols, the hypoallergenic wipes are great for all skin types, including sensitive skin.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Chocolate, caffeine, alcohol, and raw dough all pose serious risks due to toxic ingredients or fermentation byproducts.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 2005, LifeStraw offered a clever aid to help more people drink safe water.
    Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • City Tavern had opened the previous year, backed by a group of wealthy Philadelphians who’d decided there was no place in town that met their standards for decent food and drink.
    Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Early in the investigation, authorities searched trash cans in the alley outside the Rainbow Room for knives but tested only a few of the liquor bottles in the club for prints.
    Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Struggling to survive in Prohibition Chicago, with the police on their tail and an Irish assassin hot on their tracks, the women resort to crime, selling bootleg liquor to the Irish mob.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Special drinks include the Siesta (Altos Blanco, Campari and lime and grapefruit juice); the Basil Daiquiri (rum, St Germain, chartreuse, lime and basil); the Tropical Old Fashioned (Brugal 1888, banana, pineapple, bitters and coconut sugar); and the French 75 (cognac, lemon and champagne).
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
  • This rum scent is one of their best-sellers—androgynous, herbal, crisp.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Booze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booze. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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