carouse

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹaʊz/
• Rhymes: -aʊz

Verb

1. (intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering. [from 1550s]

   We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.

2. (intransitive) To drink to excess.

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

Derived terms

• carousal
• carrousel

Translations

To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering

• Bulgarian: гуляя (bg) (guljaja), пирувам (bg) (piruvam)
• Greek:

  Ancient: κωμάζω (kōmázō)

• Italian: gozzovigliare (it), fare baldoria
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• Latin: cōmīssor, bacchor
• Polish: hulać (pl)
• Russian: кути́ть (ru) (kutítʹ), пировать (ru) (pirovatʹ)
• Swedish: rumla (sv)

To drink to excess

• Bulgarian: пиянствувам (bg) (pijanstvuvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暢飲／畅饮 (zh) (chàngyǐn), 畅饮 (zh) (chàngyǐn)

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• German: zechen (de), saufen (de)
• Italian: ubriacarsi (it), sbronzarsi
• Russian: пьянствовать (ru) (pʹjanstvovatʹ), напива́ться (ru) (napivátʹsja), напи́ться (ru) (napítʹsja) (до пьяна)

Noun

carouse (plural carouses)

1. A large draught of liquor.
   • Sir J. Davies

     a full carouse of sack

   • Shakespeare

     Drink carouses to the next day's fate.

2. A drinking match; a carousal.
   • Alexander Pope

     The early feast and late carouse.

Anagrams

• acerous