noun / verb
booze
BOOZ/buːz/
Alcoholic drink or the act of drinking it.
Beer, wine, and spirits make up the assortment of booze on the table.
Etymology
Booze is probably a variant of Middle English bous, “intoxicating drink.” That older word came from a term for a drinking vessel, linking the container with its alcoholic contents.
In context
she drank like a fish she wasn't alcoholic but she loved knocking back the booze
More examples
- He spent the evening boozing with friends.
- She stopped buying booze for the house.
- They had boozed so heavily that neither could drive.
Forms
booze · boozes · boozed · boozing
Similar words
- alcohol
- Alcohol is neutral and can refer to a chemical; booze informally means alcoholic drink.