carouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
  2. To drink to excess.
noun
  1. A large draught of liquor.
  2. A drinking bout; a carousal.

Pronunciation

/kəˈɹaʊz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carouse.wav

Word forms

carouse carouses carousing caroused

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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