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ca·rouse

carouse

 
 
pronunciation:
k raUz
parts of speech:
intransitive verb, noun
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Word Combinations (verb)
part of speech: intransitive verb
inflections: carouses, carousing, caroused
definition: to revel in a boisterous and drunken manner.
They'd been carousing in the bar and were now staggering home, still singing and shouting.
synonyms:
revel, wassail
similar words:
barhop, binge, overindulge, party, roister, whoop it up
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part of speech: noun
definition: an occasion of drunken revelry.
The evening had been one long carouse.
synonyms:
binge, carousal, gag, spree
similar words:
debauch, debauchery, drunk, fling, merrymaking, orgy, party, revel, revelry
derivations: carousingly (adv.), carouser (n.)