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CAROUSE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Revelry in drinking; a merry drinking partyplay

Synonyms:

bender; booze-up; carousal; carouse; toot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("carouse" is a kind of...):

revel; revelry (unrestrained merrymaking)

Derivation:

carouse (engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking)

 II. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they carouse  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it carouses  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: caroused  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: caroused  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: carousing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymakingplay

Example:

They were out carousing last night

Synonyms:

carouse; riot; roister

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "carouse" is one way to...):

jollify; make happy; make merry; make whoopie; racket; revel; wassail; whoop it up (celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

carousal; carouse (revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party)

carouser (someone who enjoys riotous drinking)

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