CAROUSE


Meaning of CAROUSE in English

I. kəˈrau̇z noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle French carrousse, carroux, from carous, carroux, adverb, all out (in boire carous to empty the cup), modification of German garaus (in garaus trinken to empty the cup), from gar quite, entirely (from Old High German garo, from garo, adjective, ready, complete) + aus out (from Old High German ūz ) — more at yare , out

1. archaic : a large draft of liquor : a cupful drunk up : toast

drank a deep carouse to the queen's health — John Milton

2. : a drinking bout : a drunken revel

drowning care in a perpetual carouse — R.L.Stevenson

II. verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

intransitive verb

1. : to drink deeply or freely and repeatedly (as in compliment)

he had been aboard carousing to his mates — Shakespeare

2. : to take part in a carouse

the sailors went ashore to carouse

transitive verb

obsolete : to drink up : quaff

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.