booze

n.

1. 1. Hard liquor.
   2. An alcoholic beverage.
2. A drinking spree.

intr.v., boozed, booz·ing, booz·es.

To drink alcoholic beverages excessively or chronically.

[Alteration of obsolete bouse, from Middle English bousen, to drink to excess, from Middle Dutch būsen.]

boozer booz'er n.
boozily booz'i·ly adv.
boozy booz'y adj.

n. Slang for alcoholic beverages. A boozer is one who tipples excessively-or boozes it up, or gets boozed-up. booze v. Slang for drinking in excess.

noun

A drinking bout: binge, brannigan, carousal, carouse, drunk, spree. Slang bat, bender, jag, tear. See drugs/temperance, restraint/unrestraint.

verb

To take alcoholic liquor, especially excessively or habitually: drink, guzzle, imbibe, tipple. Informal nip, soak. Slang lush, tank up. Idioms: bend the elbow, hit the bottle. See drugs/temperance.

IN BRIEF: n. - An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented v. - Consume alcohol.

Tutor's tip: "Booze" is an alcoholic drink, while "boos" is both the first-person form of the verb to boo and the plural of the noun boo.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - sprut
v. intr. - gå på druk, drikke, bumle

Nederlands (Dutch)
sterke drank, gezuip, zuipen

Français (French)
n. - alcool, pinard
v. intr. - picoler, biberonner

Deutsch (German)
n. - Alkohol
v. - saufen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - οινοπνευματώδες (ποτό)
v. - μεθοκοπάω, μπεκρουλιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
ubriacarsi, alcol

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bebida (f) alcoólica (gír.)
v. - embriagar-se

Русский (Russian)
бухать, квасить, спиртное, пьянка

Español (Spanish)
n. - bebida alcohólica, borrachera
v. intr. - empinar el codo, beber mucho alcohol, emborracharse

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sprit, fylleskiva, supkalas
v. - supa, kröka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
酒, 酒宴, 豪饮

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 酒, 酒宴
v. intr. - 豪飲

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 술, 주연
v. intr. - 술을 많이 마시다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 酒, アルコール飲料, 酒宴
v. - 大酒をくらう, 大酒を飲む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شراب, خمر (فعل) أسرف في احتساء الخمر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משקה חריף, שתייה לשכרה‬
v. intr. - ‮שתה לשכרה‬

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