Definitions for carouse
kəˈraʊzcarouse

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. carouse, carousal, bender, toot, booze-upverb

   revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party

2. carouse, roister, riotverb

   engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking

   "They were out carousing last night"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. carouseverb

   To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.

   We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.

2. carouseverb

   To drink to excess.

   If I survive this headache, I promise no more carousing at Brian's.

3. Etymology: From carousser, from gar aus, from gar austrinken. More at drink.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Carousenoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. A drinking match.

   Waste in wild riot what your land allows,
   There ply the early feast, and late carouse. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   2. A hearty dose of liquour.

   He had so many eyes watching over him, as he could not drink a full carouse of sack; but the state was advertised thereof within few hours after. John Davies, on Ireland.

   Please you, we may contrive this afternoon,
   And quaff carouses to our mistress’ health. William Shakespeare.

2. To Carouseverb

   To drink.

   Now my sick fool, Roderigo,
   Whom love hath turn’d almost the wrong side out,
   To Desdemona hath tonight carous’d
   Potations pottle deep. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   Our cheerful guests carouse the sparkling tears
   Of the rich grape, whilst musick charms their ears. John Denham.

3. To CAROUSEverb

   To drink; to quaff; to drink largely.

   Etymology: carousser, Fr. from gar ausz, all out, Germ.

   He calls for wine: a health, quoth he, as if
   H’ad been aboard carousing to his mates
   After a storm. William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew.

   Learn with how little life may be preserved,
   In gold and myrrh they need not to carouse. Walter Raleigh.

   Now hats fly off, and youths carouse,
   Healths first go round, and then the house,
   The brides came thick and thick. John Suckling.

   Under the shadow of friendly boughs
   They sit carousing, where their liquour grows. Edmund Waller.

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1. carouse

   Carouse generally refers to the act of engaging in a lively, noisy and enjoyable social gathering, often involving drinking alcohol and behaving in a boisterous or disorderly manner. It can also imply indulgence in excessive or luxurious pleasures.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Carousenoun

   a large draught of liquor

2. Carousenoun

   a drinking match; a carousal

3. Carouseverb

   to drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels

4. Carouseverb

   to drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially

5. Etymology: [F. carrousse, earlier carous, fr. G. garaus finishing stroke, the entire emptying of the cup in drinking a health; gar entirely + aus out. See Yare, and Out.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Carouse

   kar-owz′, n. a drinking-bout: a noisy revel.—v.i. to hold a drinking-bout: to drink freely and noisily.—ns. Carous′al, a carouse: a feast; Carous′er, one who carouses.—adv. Carous′ingly. [O. Fr. carous, Fr. carrousse—Ger. gar aus, quite out!—that is, empty the glass.]

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Anagrams for carouse »

1. acerous

2. euscaro

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of carouse in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of carouse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of carouse in a Sentence

1. Omar Khayyám:

   You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=carouse
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Carouse
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=carouse
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carouse
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=carouse