Hypertext Webster Gateway: "booze"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Booze \Booze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boozed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Boozing}.] [D. buizen; akin to G. bausen, and perh. fr. D.
buis tube, channel, bus box, jar.]
To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to
tipple. [Written also {bouse}, and {boose}.] --Landor.
This is better than boozing in public houses. --H. R.
Haweis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Booze \Booze\, n.
A carouse; a drinking. --Sir W. Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
booze
n : distilled rather than fermented [syn: {liquor}, {spirits}, {hard
drink}, {hard liquor}, {John Barleycorn}, {strong drink}]
v : consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [syn: {drink},
{fuddle}]
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