1.
[syn: drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Booze \Booze\ (b[=oo]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boozed
(b[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Boozing.] [D. buizen; akin to
G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box,
jar.]
To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to
tipple. [Written also bouse, and boose.] --Landor.
[1913 Webster]
This is better than boozing in public houses. --H. R.
Haweis.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
boozing \booz"ing\ n.
the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
Syn: drink, drinking, drunkenness, crapulence.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
boozing
n 1: the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink
was his downfall" [syn: drink, drinking, boozing,
drunkenness, crapulence]