Definition of Booze
1. Noun. An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented.
Generic synonyms: Alcohol, Alcoholic Beverage, Alcoholic Drink, Inebriant, Intoxicant
Specialized synonyms: Aqua Vitae, Ardent Spirits, Akvavit, Aquavit, Arak, Arrack, Bitters, Brandy, Gin, Ouzo, Rum, Schnapps, Schnaps, Mescal, Tequila, Vodka, Whiskey, Whisky, Firewater, Lacing
Derivative terms: Boozy, Spiritous, Spirituous
2. Verb. Consume alcohol. "They booze "; "We were up drinking all night"
Generic synonyms: Consume, Have, Ingest, Take, Take In
Specialized synonyms: Tank, Port, Claret, Bar Hop, Pub-crawl, Bib, Tipple, Hit It Up, Inebriate, Soak, Souse, Wine, Carry, Hold
Related verbs: Drink, Tope
Derivative terms: Boozer, Drink, Drinker, Drinking
Definition of Booze
1. v. i. To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.
2. n. A carouse; a drinking.
Definition of Booze
1. to drink liquor excessively [v BOOZED, BOOZING, BOOZES]
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Booze
Literary usage of Booze
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Tankard of Ale: An Anthology of Drinking Songs by Theodore Maynard (1920)
"Where the summer plants are growing, booze is there! In the desert or the ocean,
In the Cars of Locomotion, Even in Sir Wilfrid's lotion, booze is there! ..."
2. Female Filosofy: Fished Out and Fried by L. E. Keith, Feelix Feeler (1894)
"AVe presume they would do a great deal to have the • respect' of a booze editor.
Why don't you advertise: 'booze editor's respect given to mothers and wives ..."
3. Typical Newspaper Stories edited by Harry Franklin Harrington (1915)
"SUNDAY FLAYS OLD KING booze Hurling syncopated similes, like an unmasked battery
of galling guns, against the embattled cohorts of the liquor traffic, ..."
4. Oxford Night Caps, Being a Collection of Receipts for Making Various by Richard Cook (1871)
"RUM booze, OR EG(J POSSET.* The yolks of eight eggs well beaten up, with some
refined sugar pulverised, and a grated nutmeg; extract the juice from the rind ..."
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