carouse
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carouse
- /kəˈɹaʊz/ UK, US
Rhymes with -aʊz
Where it comes from
From Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), from German gar aus (literally “all out, quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”). Compare German Garaus.
verb carouses · carousing · caroused
noun carouses
- A large draught of liquor. […] therefore forward I went with my hey-de-gaies to Ilford, where I againe reſted, and was by the people of the towne and countrey there-about very very wel welcomed, being offred carowſes in the great ſpoon, one whole draught being able at that time to haue drawne my little wit drye; […]
- A drinking bout; a carousal. The early feast and late carouse.
Translations
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verb To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering
| Español | farrear |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Gelage abhalten, eine Gasterei veranstalten, sinnlos besaufen |
| Italiano | gozzovigliare |
| Русский | кути́ть kutítʹ, пирова́ть pirovátʹ, туси́ть tusítʹ |
verb To drink to excess
| Español | embriagarse |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 暢飲 /畅饮 chàngyǐn |
| Deutsch | zechen, saufen, bechern |
| Italiano | ubriacarsi, sbronzarsi |
| Русский | пья́нствовать pʹjánstvovatʹ, напива́ться napivátʹsja, напи́ться napítʹsja, еба́шить jebášitʹ, хуя́рить xujáritʹ |
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title = {carouse},
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