booze
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Originally a Northern England dialectal form of bowse.
Inflected forms:
form: boozes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: boose
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: boozes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: boozing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: boozed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: boozed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: boose
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any alcoholic beverage.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
uncountable
examples: The glutton castaway, the drunkard in the desert, the lecher in prison, they are the happy ones. To hunger, thirst, lust, every day afresh and every day in vain, after the old prog, the old booze, the old whores, that's the nearest we'll ever get to felicity, the new porch and the very latest garden.
1995, Al Stewart, "Marion the Chatelaine" on Between the Wars
She got caught between the shadows and the booze
And she surely did know how to have the blues
In some Canadian provinces […] American booze will be pulled off the shelves indefinitely starting on Tuesday.
gloss: Any alcoholic beverage.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
sometimes
specifically
uncountable
gloss: A session of drinking alcohol; a drinking party.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
colloquial
countable
gloss: To drink alcohol.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
examples: We were out all night boozing until we dragged ourselves home hung over.
This is better than boozing in public houses.
gloss: To drink (an alcoholic beverage).
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: It's worse than kerosene to boose.
Synonyms: grog
Related words: piss
plonk
Derived words: booze artist
booze baron
booze bus
booze can
booze cruise
booze cruising
boozefest
booze fighter
boozehead
boozehound
booze jockey
boozeless
boozer
booze up
booze-up
boozy
outbooze
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: كُحُول
roman: kuḥūl
lang: Arabic
word: خَمْر
roman: ḵamr
lang: Asturian
word: bebedera
lang: Asturian
word: pimple
lang: Asturian
word: piñatu
lang: Belarusian
word: тру́нак
roman: trúnak
lang: Bulgarian
word: алкохолна напитка
roman: alkoholna napitka
lang: Catalan
word: copa
lang: Catalan
word: glop
lang: Catalan
word: beure
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 酒
roman: jiǔ
lang: Czech
word: chlast
lang: Dutch
word: drank
lang: Dzongkha
word: ཆང
roman: chang
lang: Estonian
word: naps
lang: Estonian
word: kärakas
lang: Estonian
word: märjuke
lang: Faroese
word: sprutt
lang: Finnish
word: viina
lang: French
word: bibine
lang: French
word: picole
lang: Georgian
word: დასალევი
roman: dasalevi
lang: Georgian
word: სასმელი
roman: sasmeli
lang: German
word: Schnaps
lang: German
word: Fusel
lang: German
word: Alkohol
lang: German
word: Alkoholisches
lang: German
word: Alk
lang: Hungarian
word: pia
lang: Irish
word: deoch
lang: Italian
word: alcolici
lang: Kyrgyz
word: спирт ичимдиги
roman: spirt icimdigi
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ичүү
roman: icüü
lang: Latin
word: tēmētum
lang: Latin
word: ebriamen
lang: Macedonian
word: пи́јачка
roman: píjačka
lang: Marathi
word: दारू
roman: dārū
lang: Navajo
word: yáadidahígíí
lang: Polish
word: procent
lang: Polish
word: trunek
lang: Polish
word: coś mocniejszego
lang: Polish
word: małe co nieco
lang: Polish
word: coś niecoś
lang: Portuguese
word: bebida
lang: Portuguese
word: birita
lang: Romanian
word: pileală
lang: Romanian
word: agheasmă
lang: Romanian
word: băutură
lang: Romanian
word: beutură
lang: Russian
word: вы́пивка
roman: výpivka
lang: Russian
word: бухло́
roman: buxló
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: deoch
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: цуга
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: cuga
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: wódka
lang: Spanish
word: trago
lang: Spanish
word: aguardiente
lang: Spanish
word: chupe
lang: Spanish
word: copa
lang: Spanish
word: copete
lang: Spanish
word: bebercio
lang: Spanish
word: priva
lang: Spanish
word: escabio
lang: Thai
word: เหล้า
roman: lâo
lang: Turkish
word: içki
lang: Ukrainian
word: ви́пивка
roman: výpyvka
lang: Ukrainian
word: бухло́
roman: buxló