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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective That carouses; relating to a carouse.

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  • verb Present participle of carouse.

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  • adjective used of riotously drunken merrymaking

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Examples

  • And my son isn't interested in carousing with 92,000 of his closest friends.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • And my son isn't interested in carousing with 92,000 of his closest friends.

    Archive 2008-03-01 2008

  • Napoa had not had a peaceful night’s sleep at the camp, confessing that she knew from her dreams that she was still “roaming everywhere,” a euphemism for carousing with her coven.

    Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010

  • Napoa had not had a peaceful night’s sleep at the camp, confessing that she knew from her dreams that she was still “roaming everywhere,” a euphemism for carousing with her coven.

    Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010

  • Napoa had not had a peaceful night’s sleep at the camp, confessing that she knew from her dreams that she was still “roaming everywhere,” a euphemism for carousing with her coven.

    Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010

  • The carousing was a necessary stimulant after the long, monotonous drive and exposure to the elements.

    The Outlet Andy Adams 1897

  • Until, that is, the red lights went on in pregame shows and Smith noted the need for "carousing" ball carriers, players who'd had "rites of patches" and teams that "got debacled" and that you "can't change the stripes of a leopard."

    With Emmitt Smith out, could ESPN get Brett Favre? 2009

  • But what is a person of limited means and no taste for "carousing" to do?

    Nickel and Dimed Ehrenreich, Barbara 2001

  • On small things I was thrifty enough; no expenditures on "carousing," flashy clothes, or any of the other indulgences that are often smugly believed to undermine the budgets of the poor.

    Nickel and Dimed Ehrenreich, Barbara 2001

  • he walked the busy streets of the seaside town, where he saw much of the kind of carousing that it is famous for - but then scored on his debut against Fulham.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

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