carouse

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), from German gar aus (literally “all out, quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”). Compare German Garaus. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /kəˈɹaʊz/ Rhymes: -aʊz === Verb === carouse (third-person singular simple present carouses, present participle carousing, simple past and past participle caroused) (intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering. [from 1550s] Synonyms: revel, (slang) howl (intransitive or transitive) To drink to excess. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === carouse (plural carouses) A large draught of liquor. A drinking bout; a carousal. === References === === Anagrams === acerous