carouse

Etymology

From Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), from German gar aus (“quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”). More at drink.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹaʊz/
• Rhymes: -aʊz

Verb

carouse (third-person singular simple present carouses, present participle carousing, simple past and past participle caroused)

1. (intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.

   We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.

2. (intransitive) To drink to excess.

   If I survive this headache, I promise no more carousing at Brian's.

Noun

carouse (plural carouses)

1. A large draught of liquor.
   • Sir J. Davies

     a full carouse of sack

   • Shakespeare

     Drink carouses to the next day's fate.

2. A drinking match; a carousal.
   • Alexander Pope

     The early feast and late carouse.

Anagrams

• acerous