booze

English

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Pronunciation

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

  Homophones: boos

  Rhymes: -uːz

Etymology

Alteration of bowse.

Noun

booze (uncountable)

1. (slang) Any alcoholic beverage.

Synonyms

• grog

Derived terms

Terms derived from "booze"

booze bus booze can

booze cruise boozehound

boozer

Translations

any alcoholic beverage

Bulgarian: алкохолна напитка (bg) Croatian: cuga (hr) f. Czech: chlast (cs) m. Dutch: drank (nl) Estonian: naps, kärakas, märjuke Finnish: viina (fi) German: Schnaps (de) m. Hungarian: pia (hu)

Macedonian: пијачка (mk) (píjačka) f. Portuguese: bebida (pt) f., birita (pt) f. Romanian: pileală Russian: выпивка (ru) (výpivka) f., бухло (ru) (buχló) n. (slang) Scottish Gaelic: deoch (gd) f. Serbian: цуга (sr) (cuga) f. Spanish: trago (es) m., aguardiente (es) m., (Mexico) chupe (es) m., copa (es) f., (Chile) copete (es) m.

See also

• piss
• plonk

Verb

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.

Translations

slang:to drink alcohol

Finnish: ryypätä (fi), dokata (fi) Russian: бухать (ru) (buhát')

Serbian: цугати (sr) (cugati) Swedish: supa (sv)