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booze

booze
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [booz]
    • /buz/
    • /buːz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [booz]
    • /buz/

Definitions of booze word

  • uncountable noun booze Booze is alcoholic drink. 3
  • verb booze If people booze, they drink alcohol. 3
  • noun booze alcoholic drink 3
  • noun booze a drinking bout or party 3
  • verb booze to drink (alcohol), esp in excess 3
  • intransitive verb booze to drink too much alcoholic liquor 3

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Origin of booze

First appearance:

before 1610
One of the 40% oldest English words
1610-20; respelling of bouse2, reflecting one of its pronunciation variants

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Booze

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

booze popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

booze usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for booze

noun booze

  • alcohol — Drinks that can make people drunk, such as beer, wine, and whisky, can be referred to as alcohol.
  • sauce — any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
  • cocktail — A cocktail is an alcoholic drink which contains several ingredients.
  • hootch — a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
  • hooch — Pieter de [pee-ter duh;; Dutch pee-tuh r duh] /ˈpi tər də;; Dutch ˈpi tər də/ (Show IPA), 1629?–88? Dutch painter.

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