Hypertext Webster Gateway: "boozing"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
boozing
n : the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink
was his downfall" [syn: {drink}, {drinking}, {drunkenness},
{crapulence}]
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