roistered

past tense of roister
as in birled
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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Verb
  • To physically embody the latter, Butler drank ice cream.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Celebrities like Kendall Jenner, Adrien Brody, and Naomi Campbell, along with leading New York politicians, drank Dom Pérignon amid loose bricks, fires burning in trash cans, and a sculpture made from bullet-riddled cars.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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  • In the party scene, though, there would be plenty of swooping camera movements as the guests revelled.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Tiny reveled about her husband on her own Instagram.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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  • Cotillard binged the entire show in three days and was a fan, Leder recalled.
    Matt Minton, Variety, 10 June 2026
  • Audiences had binged Tiger King in 2020, following the lead-up to Joe Exotic’s conviction for hiring someone to kill Carole Baskin, his competitor in the big cat world.
    Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
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“Roistered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roistered. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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