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单词 booze
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Definition of booze in English:

booze

noun buːzbuz
mass nouninformal
  • Alcoholic drink.

    I wonder where he's hidden his booze
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were drinking my booze, stealing my ladies and just kind of smirking.
    • A hangover should be the least of men's worries after a night on the booze, according to new research.
    • There was also tea on offer for 60 cents a person, as well as a variety of juices, pops and booze.
    • There were dozens of empty booze bottles and beer cans lying around on the beach and on the walkway.
    • We are not really giving these to the deity, because Mahakala doesn't eat meat and drink booze.
    • Look, after a night out on the booze, I'm sure we all know how hard it can be to get up in the morning.
    • Similarly, beer and soft drink cans, booze bottles and empty jars can all be recycled.
    • And of course the extra booze drunk during festivities can quickly cause a gut to expand.
    • I've cut down on the booze to the point where I go days without a tipple.
    • It is a unique perspective and one the majority of their booze quaffing customers probably could not conceive.
    • Every time I have ever met this girl I have been drunk on booze by the end of the night.
    • I have always had a very rocky relationship with booze and used to drink a fair bit every evening.
    • A huge crowd from the good old days turned up to support her and drink the free booze.
    • While we were never stupid about it, most of that side certainly liked going out on the booze.
    • They do have lager there—there's a big bottled beer stall of foreign booze.
    • I know this in the same way I know I should exercise more and cut down on the booze.
    • If you do have an early start, take it easy the night before, especially on the booze.
    • Food was eaten, booze was drunk, gifts were given and pictures were taken.
    • At least the club is starting at the right point—by focussing on the booze drinking issue.
    • We had food, wine, booze, a cute bartender, and an excellent mix of people and music.
    Synonyms
    alcohol, alcoholic drink, liquor, intoxicating liquor, drink, strong drink, spirits, intoxicants
    informal grog, firewater, gut-rot, rotgut, mother's milk, tipple, the hard stuff, the demon drink, the bottle, Dutch courage, John Barleycorn, hooch, moonshine
    British informal wallop, bevvy
    Northern English &amp Irish informal sup
    North American informal juice, the sauce
verb buːzbuz
[no object]informal
  • Drink alcohol, especially in large quantities.

    I expect he's boozing
    Michael is trying to quit boozing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was perfect company and we had a great time schmoozing and boozing.
    • There is also a Scottish flag, plenty of trestle tables and several large street lamps which allow fresh air boozing to continue after the sun has set.
    • Incredibly, it was the schools and churches which seemed to encourage boozing by giving it to underage drinkers as prizes at fetes and garden parties.
    • He claimed that actors were given a ‘dressing down’ when they got things wrong or when they were caught boozing.
    • It's gruelling and unblinking - like many of the best and most profound films about boozing and the grittier side of life.
    • They must have been boozing; it's an absolute disgrace.
    • Hard-hitting posters will soon go up around Swindon pubs and clubs warning women that they risk losing their looks if they carry on boozing too hard.
    • Top pubs and bars have joined the voluntary ban on encouraging binge boozing in a bid to attract ‘better’ drinkers.
    • Dan, a fresh-faced 40 year old, doesn't get the chance to go boozing and schmoozing with the industry very much.
    • The block's tenants claim the youths have been boozing, swearing, smoking drugs and using pensioners' windows as goals in soccer games.
    • The teetotalling Jones would not enforce laws against boozing, gambling, or prostitution.
    • The 25 year old Dubliner spoke openly about how he pushed his father away and started boozing after her death.
    • Last September, he dropped out of school - and spent the next few months hanging around, boozing and getting into trouble.
    • There was a time in my distant past when I could go out boozing and dancing, get home in time to change into my work clothes and do a full days grafting, ready to go out again at night.
    • The owner of a residential home believes the only way to stop drunks boozing outside a church in Gorse Hill would be to remove the benches they sit on.
    • Increasingly the victims of Scotland's love affair with boozing and brawling are long-suffering NHS staff.
    • He is boozing in a wild manner, and has become a nuisance.
    • And officers have introduced a drinking ban, which means they can stop people boozing in designated public places.
    • Bath Street is turning out to be Glasgow's premier thoroughfare for boozing, schmoozing and general tomfoolery.
    • Despite the fact that we know more about alcoholism than ever before, it hasn't slowed the rate at which young women are boozing.
    Synonyms
    drink, have a drink, drink alcohol, indulge, tipple, imbibe, swill
    informal hit the bottle, take to the bottle, crack a bottle, knock a few back
    British informal bevvy
    North American informal bend one's elbow
    archaic wassail, tope

Origin

Middle English bouse, from Middle Dutch būsen 'drink to excess'. The spelling booze dates from the 18th century.

  • People have been boozing for a long time. The spelling booze dates from the 18th century, but as bouse the word entered English in the 13th century, probably from Dutch. We have been going to the boozer, or pub, since the 1890s.

Rhymes

abuse, accuse, adieux, amuse, bemuse, billets-doux, blues, bruise, choose, Clews, confuse, contuse, cruise, cruse, Cruz, diffuse, do's, Druze, effuse, enthuse, excuse, fuse (US fuze), Hughes, incuse, interfuse, lose, Mahfouz, mews, misuse, muse, news, ooze, Ouse, perfuse, peruse, rhythm-and-blues, ruse, schmooze, snooze, suffuse, Toulouse, transfuse, trews, use, Vaduz, Veracruz, who's, whose, youse
 
 

Definition of booze in US English:

booze

nounbo͞ozbuz
informal
  • Alcohol, especially hard liquor.

    they turn to booze to beat work pressure
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We had food, wine, booze, a cute bartender, and an excellent mix of people and music.
    • Every time I have ever met this girl I have been drunk on booze by the end of the night.
    • They do have lager there—there's a big bottled beer stall of foreign booze.
    • There was also tea on offer for 60 cents a person, as well as a variety of juices, pops and booze.
    • We are not really giving these to the deity, because Mahakala doesn't eat meat and drink booze.
    • While we were never stupid about it, most of that side certainly liked going out on the booze.
    • Similarly, beer and soft drink cans, booze bottles and empty jars can all be recycled.
    • A hangover should be the least of men's worries after a night on the booze, according to new research.
    • I have always had a very rocky relationship with booze and used to drink a fair bit every evening.
    • A huge crowd from the good old days turned up to support her and drink the free booze.
    • I've cut down on the booze to the point where I go days without a tipple.
    • If you do have an early start, take it easy the night before, especially on the booze.
    • They were drinking my booze, stealing my ladies and just kind of smirking.
    • There were dozens of empty booze bottles and beer cans lying around on the beach and on the walkway.
    • Food was eaten, booze was drunk, gifts were given and pictures were taken.
    • At least the club is starting at the right point—by focussing on the booze drinking issue.
    • I know this in the same way I know I should exercise more and cut down on the booze.
    • It is a unique perspective and one the majority of their booze quaffing customers probably could not conceive.
    • And of course the extra booze drunk during festivities can quickly cause a gut to expand.
    • Look, after a night out on the booze, I'm sure we all know how hard it can be to get up in the morning.
    Synonyms
    alcohol, alcoholic drink, liquor, intoxicating liquor, drink, strong drink, spirits, intoxicants
verbbo͞ozbuz
[no object]informal
  • Drink alcohol, especially in large quantities.

    Michael is trying to quit boozing
    you used to booze a lot on expensive hard liquor
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bath Street is turning out to be Glasgow's premier thoroughfare for boozing, schmoozing and general tomfoolery.
    • The block's tenants claim the youths have been boozing, swearing, smoking drugs and using pensioners' windows as goals in soccer games.
    • He was perfect company and we had a great time schmoozing and boozing.
    • Last September, he dropped out of school - and spent the next few months hanging around, boozing and getting into trouble.
    • They must have been boozing; it's an absolute disgrace.
    • There is also a Scottish flag, plenty of trestle tables and several large street lamps which allow fresh air boozing to continue after the sun has set.
    • There was a time in my distant past when I could go out boozing and dancing, get home in time to change into my work clothes and do a full days grafting, ready to go out again at night.
    • Increasingly the victims of Scotland's love affair with boozing and brawling are long-suffering NHS staff.
    • He claimed that actors were given a ‘dressing down’ when they got things wrong or when they were caught boozing.
    • Despite the fact that we know more about alcoholism than ever before, it hasn't slowed the rate at which young women are boozing.
    • Top pubs and bars have joined the voluntary ban on encouraging binge boozing in a bid to attract ‘better’ drinkers.
    • Dan, a fresh-faced 40 year old, doesn't get the chance to go boozing and schmoozing with the industry very much.
    • Incredibly, it was the schools and churches which seemed to encourage boozing by giving it to underage drinkers as prizes at fetes and garden parties.
    • He is boozing in a wild manner, and has become a nuisance.
    • Hard-hitting posters will soon go up around Swindon pubs and clubs warning women that they risk losing their looks if they carry on boozing too hard.
    • The teetotalling Jones would not enforce laws against boozing, gambling, or prostitution.
    • The 25 year old Dubliner spoke openly about how he pushed his father away and started boozing after her death.
    • The owner of a residential home believes the only way to stop drunks boozing outside a church in Gorse Hill would be to remove the benches they sit on.
    • It's gruelling and unblinking - like many of the best and most profound films about boozing and the grittier side of life.
    • And officers have introduced a drinking ban, which means they can stop people boozing in designated public places.
    Synonyms
    drink, have a drink, drink alcohol, indulge, tipple, imbibe, swill

Origin

Middle English bouse, from Middle Dutch būsen ‘drink to excess’. The spelling booze dates from the 18th century.

 
 
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