dictionary definitions for "booze"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  booze
      n 1: an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than
           fermented [syn: liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink,
           hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink]
      v 1: consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [syn:
           drink, booze, 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           This is better than boozing in public houses. --H. R.
                                                    Haweis.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Booze \Booze\, n.
     1. A carouse; a drinking. --Sir W. Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. any alcoholic beverage, especially a strong beverage such
        as whiskey.
        [PJC]


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