carouse
Meanings
verb
- To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
- To drink to excess.
noun
- A large draught of liquor.
- A drinking bout; a carousal.
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Etymology
From Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), from German gar aus (literally “all out, quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”). Compare German Garaus.
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