carouse
English
Etymology
From Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), from German gar aus (literally “quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”).[1] Compare German Garaus.
Verb
carouse (third-person singular simple present carouses, present participle carousing, simple past and past participle caroused)
Translations
To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering
Noun
carouse (plural carouses)
References
- “carouse” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
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