Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Hard liquor.
- noun An alcoholic beverage.
- noun A drinking spree.
- intransitive verb To drink alcoholic beverages excessively or chronically.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Liquor; drink.
- noun A drinking-bout; a spree.
- To drink deeply, especially with a boon companion and to partial intoxication; guzzle liquor; tipple, Also bouse, bouze, bowse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.
- noun A carouse; a drinking.
- noun any alcoholic beverage, especially a strong beverage such as whiskey.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun slang Any
alcoholic beverage . - verb slang To drink alcohol.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb consume alcohol
- noun an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I'm supplying movies, space, and at least half the pizza, but my booze is my booze.
Yo-A-O, Crowm Bar Ay, Yo-A-Rah, Sharom Brunun G... caliban 2001
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May 6th, 2009 Jessica Hagy Posted in booze, expectations |
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August 7th, 2009 Jessica Hagy Posted in booze, consumption |
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Ms. MacIntosh portrays The Fourth as a former good-time Charlie indulging in booze, babes and fast cars before pulling himself together to claim his royal birthright.
This Bud's For Sale Patrick Cooke 2010
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Posted in booze, kids | 4 Comments »
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January 15th, 2010 Jessica Hagy Posted in booze, friends |
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This week he auctioned off his old typewriter for over $250k to raise money for the institute - that could have kept him in booze for a few years, or HST supplied for a few months.
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April 2nd, 2010 Jessica Hagy Posted in booze, faith |
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I am strongly opposed to additional taxes on liquor on the basis that the heavy consumption of cheap booze is my primary tactic for getting through this recession.
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January 20th, 2010 Jessica Hagy Posted in booze, kids |
Holler! 2010
asativum commented on the word booze
Beer isn't booze? Weirdnet...
June 11, 2009
qroqqa commented on the word booze
'serve oneself to, or consume regularly'?
June 11, 2009