boose

See also: Boose

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uːs

Etymology 1

From Middle English bose, boose, from Old English *bōs (attested in bōsih, bōsiġ (“cow-stall”)), from Proto-Germanic *bansaz, *bandsaz, *bandstiz (“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”).

Alternative forms

Noun

boose (plural booses)

  1. (dialect) A stall for an animal (usually a cow).
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Etymology 2

From Middle English bousen (verb) and bouse (noun).

Noun

boose

  1. Alternative spelling of booze

Verb

boose (third-person singular simple present booses, present participle boosing, simple past and past participle boosed)

  1. Alternative spelling of booze

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