booze

B0398000 (bo͞oz) Slang n.1. a. Hard liquor.b. An alcoholic beverage.2. A drinking spree.intr.v. boozed, booz·ing, booz·es To drink alcoholic beverages excessively or chronically.

[Alteration of obsolete bouse, from Middle English bousen, to drink to excess, from Middle Dutch būsen.]

booz′er n.booz′i·ly adv.booz′y adj.

booze

(buːz) n1. alcoholic drink2. a drinking bout or partyvb (usually intr) to drink (alcohol), esp in excess[C13: from Middle Dutch būsen] boozed adj ˈboozing n

booze

(buz)

n., v. boozed, booz•ing. Informal. n. 1. any alcoholic drink, as whiskey. 2. a drinking bout or spree. v.i. 3. to drink alcoholic liquor, esp. to excess. [1610–20; dial. variant of bouse, Middle English bous strong drink < Middle Dutch būsen to drink to excess] booz′er, n.

booze

Past participle: boozed
Gerund: boozing

Imperative
booze
booze

Present
I booze
you booze
he/she/it boozes
we booze
you booze
they booze

Preterite
I boozed
you boozed
he/she/it boozed
we boozed
you boozed
they boozed

Present Continuous
I am boozing
you are boozing
he/she/it is boozing
we are boozing
you are boozing
they are boozing

Present Perfect
I have boozed
you have boozed
he/she/it has boozed
we have boozed
you have boozed
they have boozed

Past Continuous
I was boozing
you were boozing
he/she/it was boozing
we were boozing
you were boozing
they were boozing

Past Perfect
I had boozed
you had boozed
he/she/it had boozed
we had boozed
you had boozed
they had boozed

Future
I will booze
you will booze
he/she/it will booze
we will booze
you will booze
they will booze

Future Perfect
I will have boozed
you will have boozed
he/she/it will have boozed
we will have boozed
you will have boozed
they will have boozed

Future Continuous
I will be boozing
you will be boozing
he/she/it will be boozing
we will be boozing
you will be boozing
they will be boozing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been boozing
you have been boozing
he/she/it has been boozing
we have been boozing
you have been boozing
they have been boozing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been boozing
you will have been boozing
he/she/it will have been boozing
we will have been boozing
you will have been boozing
they will have been boozing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been boozing
you had been boozing
he/she/it had been boozing
we had been boozing
you had been boozing
they had been boozing

Conditional
I would booze
you would booze
he/she/it would booze
we would booze
you would booze
they would booze

Past Conditional
I would have boozed
you would have boozed
he/she/it would have boozed
we would have boozed
you would have boozed
they would have boozed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	booze - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermentedhard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drinkalcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him"aqua vitae, ardent spirits - strong distilled liquor or brandyakvavit, aquavit - Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seedsarak, arrack - any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molassesbitters - alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and rootsbrandy - distilled from wine or fermented fruit juicegin - strong liquor flavored with juniper berriesouzo - a Greek liquor flavored with aniserum - liquor distilled from fermented molassesschnapps, schnaps - any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoesmescal - a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)tequila - Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plantvodka - unaged colorless liquor originating in Russiawhiskey, whisky - a liquor made from fermented mash of grainfirewater - any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum)lacing - a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage
Verb	1.	booze - consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"drink, fuddleingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"tank - consume excessive amounts of alcoholport - drink port; "We were porting all in the club after dinner"claret - drink claret; "They were clareting until well past midnight"bar hop, pub-crawl - go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk; "he pub-crawled around Birmingham"bib, tipple - drink moderately but regularly; "We tippled the cognac"tope, drink - drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife"hit it up, inebriate, souse, soak - become drunk or drink excessivelywine - drink winehold, carry - drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry"

booze

(Informal)noun1. alcohol, drink, spirits, juice (informal), the bottle (informal), liquor, grog (informal, chiefly Austral. & N.Z.), the hard stuff (informal), strong drink, intoxicant, firewater, John Barleycorn, hooch or hootch (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) empty bottles of boozeverb1. drink, indulge, get drunk, tipple, imbibe, tope, carouse, bevvy (dialect), get plastered, drink like a fish, go on the piss (taboo slang), get soused, get tanked up (informal), go on a binge or bender (informal), hit the booze or bottle (informal) a load of drunken businessmen who had been boozing all afternoon

booze

nounSlang. A drinking bout:binge, brannigan, carousal, carouse, drunk, spree.Slang: bat, bender, jag, tear.verbSlang. To take alcoholic liquor, especially excessively or habitually:drink, guzzle, imbibe, tipple.Informal: nip, soak.Slang: lush, tank up.Idioms: bend the elbow, hit the bottle .

Translations

酒痛饮

booze

(buːz) noun alcoholic drink. Have you got enough booze for the party?酒 verb to drink alcoholic drinks. 痛饮

booze

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booze

booze can

An establishment (e.g., a nightclub or bar) that sells or provides alcoholic beverages illegally and/or after hours. I know a great booze can downtown that only lets you in if you know the password.See also: booze, can

hit the sauce

To drink alcohol, especially heavily and frequently. You need to stop hitting the sauce and start taking care of your kids!See also: hit, sauce

booze (it) up

slang To drink a lot of alcohol. It's my birthday, so I'm definitely boozing it up tonight!See also: booze, up

hit the bottle

To drink alcohol, especially to excess. All this stress at work right now is enough to make me hit the bottle.See also: bottle, hit

kick the (something)

slang To overcome an addiction to something. It took gum, patches, and even hypnosis, but I've finally kicked the habit. Unfortunately, the physical nature of heroin addiction means that kicking the habit isn't as simple as just wanting to stop. After saying such horrible things to my parents, I decided it was finally time to kick the booze for good.See also: kick

hit the booze

To drink alcohol, especially to excess. All this stress at work right now is enough to make me hit the booze.See also: booze, hit

booze artist

One who is drunk or apt to get drunk. I was quite a booze artist in college, but those days are long behind me. All right, let's get this booze artist some coffee—something to sober him up.See also: artist, booze

booze it

slang To drink a lot of alcohol. It's my birthday, so I'm definitely boozing it tonight!See also: booze

boozed

slang Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really boozed!See also: booze

boozehound

slang One who is apt to drink alcohol often and excessively; an alcoholic. "Booze" is a slang term for alcohol derived from the Middle Dutch word busen, meaning "to drink to excess." Geez, if we go to the bar a third time this week, we're gonna look like a couple of boozehounds!

booze it up

Sl to drink heavily; to drink to get drunk. (Fixed order.) She wanted to get home and booze it up by herself. He boozes it up every Friday after work.See also: booze, up

booze up

Sl to drink heavily. Those guys are always boozing up. Stop boozing up and go home.See also: booze, up

hit the bottle

and hit the boozeFig. Inf. to go on a drinking bout; to get drunk. Jed's hitting the bottle again. He's been hitting the booze for a week now.See also: bottle, hit

hit the bottle

Also, hit the booze or sauce . Drink alcoholic beverages, especially a great deal, as in I don't know if it will be a problem, but he hits the bottle every weekend, or She hardly ever hits the booze, but when she does, watch out, or It doesn't show in her work, but she hits the sauce every night. These slangy expressions date from the late 1800s and early 1900s. See also: bottle, hit

hit the bottle

INFORMALIf someone hits the bottle, they drink too much alcohol. One newspaper even said I'd started hitting the bottle. Complete rubbish. These teenagers hit the bottle to rebel.See also: bottle, hit

hit (or be on) the bottle

start to drink alcohol heavily, especially in an attempt to escape from one's problems. informalSee also: bottle, hit

hit the ˈbottle

(informal) regularly drink too much: She managed to resist alcohol for a year, then hit the bottle again when her husband died. ♢ He’s really hitting the bottle at the moment.See also: bottle, hit

kick the ˈhabit, ˈdrug, ˈbooze, etc.

stop doing something harmful that you have done for a long time: According to research, only one smoker in a hundred is able to kick the habit without some kind of help.See also: kick

booze up

v.1. To consume alcoholic beverages steadily: They were boozing up all night and didn't come home until sunrise.2. To serve someone enough alcohol to cause drunkenness: The sales representative was well known for boozing up her clients after a sale. He doesn't seem friendly, but he's more sociable if you booze him up a bit.3. To become drunk. Used in the passive: I was too boozed up to drive home.See also: booze, up

booze

(buz)1. n. beverage alcohol. (Slang since the 1500s.) I don’t care for booze. It makes me sneeze. 2. and booze up in. to drink alcohol to excess; to go on a bash. Stop boozing for a minute and listen up, guys. Let’s booze up and watch TV.

booze up

verbSee boozeSee also: booze, up

booze artist

n. a drunken person; a drunkard. A wobbly booze artist sat musing on the stool in the corner. See also: artist, booze

booze it (up)

tv. to drink excessively; to drink to intoxication. You come home every night and booze it up. How can you keep on this way? See also: booze, up

booze it

verbSee booze it upSee also: booze

boozed

mod. alcohol intoxicated. Wow, is he ever boozed! See also: booze

hit the bottle

and hit the booze tv. to go on a drinking bout; to get drunk. She got caught hitting the bottle in the office. He’s been hitting the booze for a week now. See also: bottle, hit

hit the booze

verbSee hit the bottleSee also: booze, hit

booze

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Synonyms for booze

noun alcohol

Synonyms

alcohol
drink
spirits
juice
the bottle
liquor
grog
the hard stuff
strong drink
intoxicant
firewater
John Barleycorn
hooch or hootch

verb drink

Synonyms

drink
indulge
get drunk
tipple
imbibe
tope
carouse
bevvy
get plastered
drink like a fish
go on the piss
get soused
get tanked up
go on a binge or bender
hit the booze or bottle

Synonyms for booze

noun a drinking bout

Synonyms

binge
brannigan
carousal
carouse
drunk
spree
bat
bender
jag
tear

verb to take alcoholic liquor, especially excessively or habitually

Synonyms

drink
guzzle
imbibe
tipple
nip
soak
lush
tank up

Synonyms for booze

noun an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

Synonyms

hard drink
hard liquor
John Barleycorn
liquor
spirits
strong drink

Related Words

alcohol
alcoholic beverage
alcoholic drink
inebriant
intoxicant
aqua vitae
ardent spirits
akvavit
aquavit
arak
arrack
bitters
brandy
gin
ouzo
rum
schnapps
schnaps
mescal
tequila
vodka
whiskey
whisky
firewater
lacing

verb consume alcohol

Synonyms

drink
fuddle

Related Words

ingest
consume
have
take in
take
tank
port
claret
bar hop
pub-crawl
bib
tipple
tope
drink
hit it up
inebriate
souse
soak
wine
hold
carry