BOOZE


Meaning of BOOZE in English

n. & v. colloq.

--n.

1. alcoholic drink.

2 the drinking of this (on the booze).

--v.intr. drink alcoholic liquor, esp. excessively or habitually.

Phrases and idioms:

booze-up sl. a drinking bout.

Etymology: earlier bouse, bowse, f. MDu. busen drink to excess

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.