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Synonyms for carousing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh-rouz
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈraʊz

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Définition of carousing

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Middle French carousser "drink, quaff, swill," from German gar aus "quite out," from gar austrinken; trink garaus "to drink up entirely." Frequently also as an adverb in early English usage (to drink carouse).
  • verb make merry, often with liquor
Example sentences :
  • He does not even tell us what pleasure Henry finds in living and carousing with Falstaff.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • I remember, as if the scene of carousing of the old roysterers had been a sort of sanctuary.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • But for her these nights would be spent in drinking, roistering, fighting and carousing.
  • Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
  • It is simply a cup of tea we mean to give; sorely there's no carousing in that.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
  • After a while the carousing bandits called for what they called "Black Peter."
  • Extract from : « Red Cap Tales » by Samuel Rutherford Crockett
  • The whole day was devoted to barbarian feasting and carousing.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • So he left the carousing crowd, and betook himself to his quarters.
  • Extract from : « The Sign of the Spider » by Bertram Mitford
  • I understand, Philibert; they were carousing at that hour of daylight?
  • Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby
  • The visiting and carousing of seamen in the Greenland ships.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • The hour fixed on was just before night, when they would all be carousing.
  • Extract from : « Yr Ynys Unyg » by Julia de Winton

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