Boozing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Booze \Booze\ (b[=oo]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boozed}
     (b[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Boozing}.] [D. buizen; akin to
     G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box,
     jar.]
     To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to
     tipple. [Written also {bouse}, and {boose}.] --Landor.


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           This is better than boozing in public houses. --H. R.
                                                    Haweis.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  boozing \booz"ing\ n.
     the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
  
     Syn: drink, drinking, drunkenness, crapulence.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  boozing
       n : the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink
           was his downfall" [syn: {drink}, {drinking}, {drunkenness},
            {crapulence}]