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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So just fixing my diet, drinking a lot of water, stretching, moving every day, doing the right movements.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Oct. 2025
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To paraphrase Fight Club, fighting becomes the reason to keep your nails short, to order salad instead of fries, and to stop drinking on weeknights.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 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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Spilling the Sweet Southern Hospitality Vegas, brace yourself – Charleston’s hottest nightlife crew is clocking in for a show-stopping shift with Republic-level revelry.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
30 Sep. 2025
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The looks basked in frisky gay revelry.—
Ludwig Hurtado,
Them.,
29 Sep. 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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Britpop music and binging prestige TV shows.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
3 Oct. 2025
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Key Takeaways Craving sugar nonstop or bingeing on sweets can be signs of sugar addiction.—
Jamie Johnson,
Verywell Health,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Thousands of users couldn't cope with the hilarity of it all, especially the dad enlisting his son as an accomplice in satisfying his sweet tooth without drawing attention.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 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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The opening Allegro vacillates between punchy jabs and fluttery gaiety.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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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
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 8 Oct. 2025.
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