boose

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English bose, boose, from Old English *bōs (attested in bōsih, bōsig (“cow-stall”)), from Proto-West Germanic *bans, from Proto-Germanic *bansaz, *bandsaz, *bandstiz (“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). ==== Alternative forms ==== boosy, boosey ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /buːs/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈbʉs/ Rhymes: -uːs ==== Noun ==== boose (plural booses) (dialect) A stall for an animal (usually a cow). === Etymology 2 === From Middle English bousen (verb) and bouse (noun). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /buːz/ Rhymes: -uːz ==== Noun ==== boose Alternative spelling of booze. 1922, A.E Housman, "The Oracles" 'Tis true there's better boose than brine, but he that drowns must drink it;And oh, my lass, the news is news that men have heard before. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== boose (third-person singular simple present booses, present participle boosing, simple past and past participle boosed) Alternative spelling of booze. === Anagrams === Booes, OOBEs, oboes