booze

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 See also 1.4 Verb

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: bo͞oz, IPA: /buːz/, SAMPA: /bu:z/

  Homophones: boos

  Rhymes: -uːz

[edit] Etymology

Middle English bousen (verb) and bouse (noun), and connected with Dutch buizen and German bousen. (Reference: Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, ISBN 0304935700.)

A derivation from U.S. distiller E. C. Booz is false; the term in various forms long pre-dates his entry into the manufacture of booze.

[edit] Noun

booze (uncountable)

1. (slang) Any alcoholic beverage.

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• grog

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[edit] See also

• piss
• plonk

[edit] Verb

to booze (third-person singular simple present boozes, present participle boozing, simple past and past participle boozed)

1. (slang) To drink alcohol.

   We were out all night boozing until we dragged ourselves home hungover.