Meaning

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

    We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.

    Gelage abhalten, eine Gasterei veranstalten, sinnlos besaufen

    кути́тьkutítʹ, пирова́тьpirovátʹ, туси́тьtusítʹ

    engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking

  2. (intransitive, transitive)To drink to excess.

    If I survive this headache, I promise no more carousing at Brian’s.

    zechen, saufen, bechern

    пья́нствоватьpʹjánstvovatʹ, напива́тьсяnapivátʹsja, напи́тьсяnapítʹsja

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom spent all of shore leave carousing with friends.

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  2. I am too sick at heart to revel, carouse, and make merry through the night.

    deMir schmerzt das Herz zu sehr als dass ich mich die Nacht hindurch ergötzen, zechen und feiern könnte.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering:
To drink to excess:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering:
To drink to excess:

Origin

From Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), from German gar aus (literally “a

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.

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Forms

carouses, carousing, caroused, caroused
Base formcarouse · to carouse
3rd person singularcarouses
Present participlecarousing
Past simplecaroused
Past participlecaroused

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycarouse
he, she, itcarouses

Past simpleLesson

all personscaroused

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave caroused
he, she, ithas caroused

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill carouse

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

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