carouse

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), from German gar aus (“quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”). More at drink.

[edit] Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA: /kəˈɹaʊz/, SAMPA: /k@"raUz/

Rhymes: -aʊz

[edit] Verb

carouse (third-person singular simple present carouses, present participle carousing, simple past and past participle caroused)

(intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.

We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.
(intransitive) To drink to excess.

If I survive this headache, I promise no more carousing at Brian's.