verb
carouse
kuh-ROWZ/kəˈraʊz/
Drink alcohol and celebrate noisily.
The revelers carouse loudly in the tavern after the festival.
Etymology
Gar aus meant “quite out,” used in an expression meaning to drink up entirely. That idea of finishing one's drink developed into drinking freely and reveling noisily.
In context
and Gamble and carouse with him half the night
More examples
- They caroused until long after midnight.
- He hears sailors carousing near the harbor.
- She leaves while the others continue to carouse.
Forms
carouse · carouses · caroused · carousing