carouse

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
2. (intransitive, transitive) 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

Translations

zechen

μεθοκοπώ

ribote

farra

âlem

🗺️

içmek

🥤

farrear

faire la noce

🥳

zuipen

γλέντι

correrse una juerga

ξεφαντώνω

schmausen

ευωχούμαι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈɹaʊz/

Etymology

Cognate with German: Garaus

In summary

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.