as in drinking
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages
he went out boozing with his friends on his 21st birthday
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Recent Examples of boozing
Ferrara makes no bones about the catastrophic consequences of so much boozing and chasing the dragon on his personal life and finances.
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Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
At the same time, unlike other artists of the bro-country ilk, Aldean personally refrained from boozing it up throughout the show, waiting to pull out a red Solo cup with a shot of tequila in it until there were just 11 minutes left in a set that ran 97.
—Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Aug. 2025
Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
At the same time, unlike other artists of the bro-country ilk, Aldean personally refrained from boozing it up throughout the show, waiting to pull out a red Solo cup with a shot of tequila in it until there were just 11 minutes left in a set that ran 97.
—Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boozing
drinking
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The song’s promotional image, shot by Stella Blackmon, shows the singer seated on a hotel bed, drinking one of American convenience store 7-Eleven’s greatest hits, the Big Gulp.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2026
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Both men were in the bar hours earlier drinking and watching the Kansas City Chiefs narrowly beat the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2023 Super Bowl.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Boozing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boozing. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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