Meanings
nounboozing (countable and uncountable, plural boozings)
plural boozings
- colloquialcountableuncountableThe act of drinking alcohol heavily.
Men, bearded, hirsute, sat dolefully at the bar, eyes translucent from diurnal boozings.
1989, Bill Kauffman, Every Man a King, page 2201 more example
"So kindly keep the vainglorious enumeration of your pots for the benefit of those village idiots who compose your particular set of boozing companions."
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 85
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of booze
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Scottish Gaelic pòitearachd
- pòitearachddrinking heavily
Spanish bebercio, escabio
- beberciodrinking heavily
- escabiodrinking heavily
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Chicago
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