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carouse

ca·rouse

UK/kəˈɹaʊz/ US/kɜrˈaʊz/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

verb

1.

engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making

  • “They were out carousing last night”
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Origin

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

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