carouses 1 of 2

plural of carouse
as in drunks
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking the Old West custom of heading to the saloon at night for an all-out carouse and some poker playing

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carouses

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of carouse
as in drinks
to take part in drunken revelry spent all of shore leave carousing with his mates

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Noun
  • This is different from the pastime counterfactuals enjoyed after the fact by barfly drunks and social media idiots.
    Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026
  • All of us kept an eye out for drunks, who tipped better.
    Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • Earlier this month, a Manhattan bar ran a promotion promising to comp customers’ drinks if the Knicks won the first game of the NBA Finals, per the New York Times.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • Additionally, the oil burner should get better fuel mileage than a small-block, and maybe even the TurboMax four-cylinder, as that thing drinks fuel when the turbo spools.
    Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Singer Bradley Nowell drunk-steered his band through sordid anthems, crashing through references to classic ska and dancehall songs, shouting out Rudimentary Peni and Geto Boys, and re-setting the murder ballads and drug sprees of outlaw country in suburban California.
    Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
  • The surge in pink slips started in 2023, when companies that had gone on hiring sprees during the COVID-19 pandemic began to cut back.
    Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Adulting right doesn’t mean giving up your late-night movie binges.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
  • In 1945, Claire and Frank finally take a real honeymoon in Inverness, where Claire basically binges info on Scottish Highlander history and the Battle of Culloden thanks to Frank nerding out.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Carouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carouses. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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