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CAROUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
Synonyms:
bender; booze-up; carousal; carouse; toot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("carouse" is a kind of...):
revel; revelry (unrestrained merrymaking)
Derivation:
carouse (engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they carouse ... he / she / it carouses
Past simple: caroused
Past participle: caroused
-ing form: carousing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
Example:
They were out carousing last night
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "carouse" is one way to...):
jollify; make happy; make merry; make whoopie; racket; revel; wassail; whoop it up (celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
carousal; carouse (revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party)
carouser (someone who enjoys riotous drinking)
