carouse

Meaning

Verb

1. To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
2. To drink to excess.

Noun

1. A large draught of liquor.
2. A drinking bout; a carousal.

Synonyms

revel

carousal

booze

live it up

riot

roister

make merry

booze-up

bender

binge

toot

banquet

frolic

revelry

feast

inebriate

jamboree

jollification

junket

junketing

lark

merrymaking

razzle-dazzle

rouse

shindig

shindy

soak

spree

be on the spree

wassail

drunken revelry

hit it up

randan

dance with joy

boose

batter

bouse

burst

celebrate

conviviality

debauch

drink

🥤

drinking

drinking-bout

drunk

festivity

frisk

fuddle

have a good time

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈɹaʊz/

Etymology

Cognate with German: Garaus

In summary

From Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), from German gar aus (literally “quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”). Compare German Garaus.