carouse

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
  2. verb engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking

Etymology

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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Synonyms

carousal, bender, toot, booze-up

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