booze

CEFRC1

/buːz/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An alcoholic drink, especially beer or spirits.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A session of drinking alcohol; a drinking party.

Examples

  • He pissed away his inheritance on booze and loose women.

  • The doctor warned me to stay away from booze.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any alcoholic beverage.

  2. Any hard liquor.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To drink alcohol.

More examples

In context

  • We were out all night boozing until we dragged ourselves home hung over.

  • 1995, Al Stewart, "Marion the Chatelaine" on Between the Wars She got caught between the shadows and the booze And she surely did know how to have the blues

  • In some Canadian provinces […] American booze will be pulled off the shelves indefinitely starting on Tuesday.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Originally a Northern England dialectal form of bowse.