"carouse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈɹaʊz/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carouse.wav Forms: carouses [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊz Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|carousser||to quaff, drink, swill}} Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), {{der|en|de|gar aus|lit=all out, quite out}} German gar aus (literally “all out, quite out”), {{cog|de|Garaus}} German Garaus Head templates: {{en-noun}} carouse (plural carouses)
  1. A large draught of liquor.
    Sense id: en-carouse-en-noun-yNxqJyv5
  2. A drinking bout; a carousal. Categories (topical): Drinking
    Sense id: en-carouse-en-noun-I77O2EEj Disambiguation of Drinking: 4 42 18 35

Verb

IPA: /kəˈɹaʊz/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carouse.wav Forms: carouses [present, singular, third-person], carousing [participle, present], caroused [participle, past], caroused [past]
Rhymes: -aʊz Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|carousser||to quaff, drink, swill}} Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), {{der|en|de|gar aus|lit=all out, quite out}} German gar aus (literally “all out, quite out”), {{cog|de|Garaus}} German Garaus Head templates: {{en-verb}} carouse (third-person singular simple present carouses, present participle carousing, simple past and past participle caroused)
  1. (intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Drinking Translations (To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering): κωμάζω (kōmázō) (Ancient Greek), гуляя (guljaja) (Bulgarian), пирувам (piruvam) (Bulgarian), hýřit [imperfective] (Czech), pařit [imperfective] (Czech), rellestää (Finnish), Gelage abhalten (German), eine Gasterei veranstalten [archaic] (German), sinnlos besaufen [reflexive] (German), gozzovigliare (Italian), cōmīssor (Latin), bacchor (Latin), hulać (Polish), balować [imperfective] (Polish), birbantować [dated, imperfective] (Polish), кути́ть (kutítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пирова́ть (pirovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), туси́ть (tusítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), rumla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-carouse-en-verb-mfxwavBo Disambiguation of Drinking: 4 42 18 35 Disambiguation of 'To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering': 98 2
  2. (intransitive) To drink to excess. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Drinking Translations (To drink to excess): пиянствувам (pijanstvuvam) (Bulgarian), 暢飲 (Chinese Mandarin), 畅饮 (chàngyǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), chlastat [imperfective] (Czech), juopotella (Finnish), ryypätä (Finnish), kännätä (Finnish), zechen (German), saufen (German), bechern (German), ubriacarsi (Italian), sbronzarsi (Italian), пья́нствовать (pʹjánstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), напива́ться (napivátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), напи́ться (napítʹsja) (alt: до пьяна) (Russian), еба́шить (jebášitʹ) [imperfective, vulgar] (Russian), хуя́рить (xujáritʹ) [imperfective, vulgar] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-carouse-en-verb-fEK55bZ5 Disambiguation of Drinking: 4 42 18 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 4 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 25 3 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 24 4 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 22 2 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 5 29 14 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 28 9 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 4 28 8 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 28 7 60 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 26 5 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 26 4 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 5 26 4 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 25 9 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 7 25 8 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 23 4 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 28 6 61 Disambiguation of 'To drink to excess': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: carousal, carouser, carrousel

Inflected forms

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      "word": "пиянствувам"
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      "sense": "To drink to excess",
      "word": "暢飲"
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      "word": "畅饮"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kännätä"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "zechen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To drink to excess",
      "word": "saufen"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "To drink to excess",
      "word": "bechern"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "To drink to excess",
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      "roman": "napítʹsja",
      "sense": "To drink to excess",
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      "roman": "jebášitʹ",
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      "roman": "xujáritʹ",
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          "text": "[…] he hadde ſo many eyes watching ouer him, as he coulde not drinke a full Carouſe of Sacke, but the State was aduertised thereof, within few houres after.",
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