carouse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
    carousal; toot; bender; booze-up.
  2. verb engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
    riot; roister.
    • They were out carousing last night

WordNet

Ca*rouse" noun
Etymology
F. carrousse, earlier carous, fr. G. garaus finishing stroke, the emptying of the cup in drinking a health; gar entirely + aus out. See Yare, and Out.
Definitions
  1. A large draught of liguor. Obs. "A full carouse of sack." Sir J. Davies.
    Drink carouses to the next day's fate. Shak.
  2. A drinking match; a carousal.
    The early feast and late carouse. Pope.
Ca*rouse" intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Caroused ; present participle & verbal noun Carousing
Definitions
  1. To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels.
    He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. Shak.
Ca*rouse" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. Archaic
    Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape. Denham.
    Egypt's wanton queen, Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love. Young.

Webster 1913