roister

as in to carouse
to take part in drunken revelry the earl's wastrel son had spent the best part of his youth roistering and gambling

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Recent Examples of roister One of his sons, Thomas (Dean-Charles Chapman), though hardly old enough to be in long pants, wears shining armor, while the other son, Hal (Timothée Chalamet), is a slouch who wastes his life in roistering. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2019
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Verb
  • After all that carousing, Chalamet, 29, managed to show up all smiles on race day on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in MiamI Gardens.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 May 2025
  • Some allegedly caroused until dawn.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Crumble Smith recommends using half your body weight as a starting point to figure out how many ounces per day to drink.
    Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 16 May 2025
  • The 2018 vintage is exceptional and is drinking perfectly right now.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • First up, while people are revelling following the verdict, the emotional intensity of reaction can be traced to a sense of loss.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Key speeches are faithfully delivered to an audience of two, not thousands; a scene of soldiers destructively revelling on a bridge is given a different spirit by ironic, out-of-time horseplay.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
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  • Most everything else can be consumed or binged at a viewer’s leisure.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2025
  • Her love of science came from watching PBS shows as a kid with her mom and spending too much time binging Doctor Who. geology natural disasters earth science 1 free article left Want More?
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • There was sea salt in the air, and sleepless seagulls were birling in the darkness overhead.
    Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Another, unable to reach dry land, dug his spiked boots into a slippery timber and birled downriver.
    Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019
Verb
  • Image Image In the village of Midsomer Norton, about 50 miles away, 100 people or so turned out for a community event to wassail three small apple trees in the local park.
    Stephen Castle, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
  • This drink was often used as part of wassailing in England.
    BHG Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2023

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“Roister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roister. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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