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BOOZING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
Example:
drink was his downfall
Synonyms:
boozing; crapulence; drink; drinking; drunkenness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("boozing" is a kind of...):
intemperance; intemperateness (consumption of alcoholic drinks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boozing"):
drinking bout (a long period of drinking)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb booze
