booze

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verb

ˈbüz How to pronounce booze (audio)
boozed; boozing
Synonyms of boozenext

intransitive verb

: to drink intoxicating liquor especially to excess
—often used in the phrase booze it up

booze

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noun

: intoxicating drink
especially : hard liquor
boozily
ˈbü-zə-lē How to pronounce booze (audio)
adverb
boozy
ˈbü-zē How to pronounce booze (audio)
adjective

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Examples of booze in a Sentence

Verb He was out boozing with his friends. he went out boozing with his friends on his 21st birthday Noun We bought some chips and booze for the party. this will be a birthday party without booze
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Verb
Not everyone wants to booze with their brunch. — Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 20 June 2026 Kara crashes in, all boozed up, having returned to a planet where their super-metabolism doesn’t work. — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 20 May 2026
Noun
In response, the town shifted its marketing to late-night booze-ups and wedding parties (known, in British parlance, as stag dos and hen dos), and subsequently grew a reputation as a sandcastle Sodom. — George Francis Lee, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026 Wallace and his partners would simply walk in the stores, grab bottles of booze and walk out without paying, BSO spokeswoman Claudinne Caro said. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for booze

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English bousen, from Middle Dutch būsen

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of booze was in the 14th century

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booze

noun
ˈbüz
: alcoholic liquor

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