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noun

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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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

For speeders, drunks, reckless drivers and the like.

— Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 25 June 2026
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

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The People’s Bank of China, for instance, has pushed for multi-month buying sprees, while the Reserve Bank of India has repatriated roughly 100 tonnes of gold back to domestic vaults.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 July 2026
The firm’s employees took Quaaludes, a sedative medication, like candy, hired prostitutes regularly, and held gambling sprees in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 14 July 2026

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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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