carouse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: carouse	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for carouse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
carouse n revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party [syn: carouse, carousal, bender, toot, booze-up] v engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; "They were out carousing last night" Synonym(s): carouse, roister, riot
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carouse \Carouse"\ (k[adot]rouz"), n. [F. carrousse, earlier carous, fr. G. garaus finishing stroke, the entire emptying of the cup in drinking a health; gar entirely + aus out. See {Yare}, and {Out}.] 1. A large draught of liquor. [Obs.] [bd]A full carouse of sack.[b8] --Sir J. Davies. Drink carouses to the next day's fate. --Shak. 2. A drinking match; a carousal. The early feast and late carouse. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carouse \Ca*rouse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caroused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Carousing}.] To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels. He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carouse \Carouse"\ v. t. To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. [Archaic] Guests carouse* the sparkling tears of the rich grape. --Denham. Egypt's wanton queen, Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love. --Young.