From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
booze
n : distilled rather than fermented [syn: liquor, spirits,
hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, {strong
drink}]
v : consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [syn:
drink, fuddle]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Booze \Booze\ (b[=oo]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boozed
(b[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Boozing.] [D. buizen; akin to
G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box,
jar.]
To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to
tipple. [Written also bouse, and boose.] --Landor.
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This is better than boozing in public houses. --H. R.
Haweis.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Booze \Booze\, n.
1. A carouse; a drinking. --Sir W. Scott.
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2. any alcoholic beverage, especially a strong beverage such
as whiskey.
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