noun
booze
booz
noun
1
Alcoholic drinks in general.
"They stocked up on booze for the New Year's party."
"There wasn't much booze left by the end of the night."
verb
1
To drink alcohol, especially heavily.
"They spent the whole weekend boozing at the festival."
How to Use Booze
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA casual word for alcohol, or the act of drinking it.
When to use it
Informal — fine in everyday speech, but avoid in formal or professional writing.
Common pairings
a night of booze
booze it up
free booze
Word Forms
boozed past tense, boozes plural, Boozes plural, boozes singular
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Etymology
A dialectal Northern English form of an older word, "bowse," meaning to drink deeply.