booze

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/buːz/

noun 3verb 2name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

cheap

free

The wedding reception offered free booze all night long.

VERB + BOOZE

smell

After the party, she could smell booze coming from the kitchen where empty bottles were scattered.

bring, take

My friends always bring booze whenever we have a barbecue in the garden.

turn to

After losing his job, he turned to booze to escape his problems.

kick

He decided to kick the booze after his doctor warned him about his health.

BOOZE + NOUN

problem

PREP

off the ~ | on the ~

Definitions

noun

Any alcoholic beverage.

The glutton castaway, the drunkard in the desert, the lecher in prison, they are the happy ones. To hunger, thirst, lust, every day afresh and every day in vain, after the old prog, the old booze, the old whores, that's the nearest we'll ever get to felicity, the new porch and the very latest garden.

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

Any alcoholic beverage.

A session of drinking alcohol; a drinking party.

verb

To drink alcohol.

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

This is better than boozing in public houses.

To drink (an alcoholic beverage).

It's worse than kerosene to boose.

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermente

liquor
spirits

verb — consume alcohol

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

booze can

A nightclub or bar, especially one which operates illegally or is otherwise disreputable.

Mom Wassilyn claims she and Pal Hal had a one-night stand after a night at a "booze can" (after-hours joint) and son Mike was the result.

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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

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

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

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This is better than boozing in public houses.

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It's worse than kerosene to boose.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, booze is marked as archaic, slang, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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