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Definition of booze verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

booze

verb
 
/buːz/
 
/buːz/
[intransitive] usually used in the progressive tenses (informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they booze
 
/buːz/
 
/buːz/
he / she / it boozes
 
/ˈbuːzɪz/
 
/ˈbuːzɪz/
past simple boozed
 
/buːzd/
 
/buːzd/
past participle boozed
 
/buːzd/
 
/buːzd/
-ing form boozing
 
/ˈbuːzɪŋ/
 
/ˈbuːzɪŋ/
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  1. to drink alcohol, especially in large quantities
    • He's out boozing with his mates.
    • He had to quit boozing as it was threatening to wreck his life.
    Topics Social issuesc2
    Word OriginMiddle English bouse, from Middle Dutch būsen ‘drink to excess’. The spelling booze dates from the 18th cent.
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