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- [booz]
- /buz/
- /buːz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [booz]
- /buz/
Definitions of boozing word
- noun boozing any alcoholic beverage; whiskey. 1
- noun boozing a drinking bout or spree. 1
- verb without object boozing to drink alcohol, especially to excess: He continued to booze until his health finally gave out. 1
- idioms boozing booze it up, to drink heavily and persistently. 1
- noun boozing The act of drinking heavily. 0
- verb boozing present participle of booze. 0
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Origin of boozing
First appearance:
before 1610 One of the 40% oldest English words
1610-20; respelling of bouse2, reflecting one of its pronunciation variants
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Parts of speech for Boozing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
boozing 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.
According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
boozing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for boozing
noun boozing
- intoxication — inebriation; drunkenness.
- tipsy — slightly intoxicated or drunk.
- crapulence — sickness caused by excess in drinking or eating
- insobriety — lack of sobriety or moderation; intemperance; drunkenness.
- inebriation — to make drunk; intoxicate.
verb boozing
- play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- riot — a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- imbibe — to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink: He imbibed great quantities of iced tea.
- drink — to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- revel — to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
Antonyms for boozing
noun boozing
- abstinence — Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something such as alcoholic drink or sex, often for health or religious reasons.
- soberness — not intoxicated or drunk.
- sobriety — the state or quality of being sober.
- temperance — moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
verb boozing
- grieve — to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- sip — to drink (a liquid) a little at a time; take small tastes of: He sipped the hot tea noisily.
- open — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- accumulate — When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time.
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