as in drinking
to take part in drunken revelry
spent all of shore leave carousing with his mates
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Recent Examples of carousing
Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
Their spaces are meant for gathering and carousing—not just looking at.
—Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carousing
Verb
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Some people find that drinking it on an empty stomach, such as before breakfast, can also lead to digestive upset or acid reflux.—
Lauren Panoff,
Verywell Health,
4 Sep. 2025
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They're instructed to wait 30 minutes before eating, drinking or taking other oral medicines.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their everlasting merrymaking might seem warm and fuzzy at first glance, but in truth, there is a gloomy undercurrent to their existence, hiding just beneath the surface.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
25 May 2025
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Alternatively, the Perry Lane Hotel, as well as the brand-new, Ann Savannah, will put you in the heart of the merrymaking.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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However, on opening night, the music and revelry are cut short when evil sneaks through the door.—
Charlotte Walsh,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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In keeping with the sibling revelry on display all night, at one point Shultz sauntered over to older brother guitarist Brad Shultz and gave him a sweet brotherly shove after a bit of teasing.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The jollity extends to the audience, which if Friday’s night’s crowd was indication is largely filled with family and friends of the large cast and who are prone to applaud and whoop at the end of every scene.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
12 Aug. 2025
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The free-living, hard-drinking Brett uses wit and jollity to mask her inner desperation.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
Verb
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Why is Broken Bear, who looks like a ginormous purple guinea pig who’s been bingeing Cheetos, named that?—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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But this is a book that resists binging.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In this case, the woman's blunt admission quickly struck a chord with fellow TikTok users, who shared in both the shock and hilarity of the moment.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Those of us who grew up with ESPN as our easy companion will miss the days of independence, honesty and hilarity.—
Laura Gentile,
Sportico.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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With the Red Army closing in, such gatherings, expressions of a desperate gaiety, a fin d’une époque efflorescence, weren’t rare.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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His formidable rich voice voice always carried the gaiety of a comic opera basso.—
John Mariani,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Especially watching Curtis reveling playing a teen again.—
Katie Grant,
Parents,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Carousing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carousing. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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