Another word for booze
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Noun
A drinking bout
- A drop of the clear salty liquid that is secreted by the lachrymal gland of the eye to lubricate the surface between the eyeball and eyelid and to wash away irritants.
- The result of tearing; a rip or rent:
- Wear and tear
- A drinking spree
- (Slang) A bout of drinking or drug use.
- (Archaic) A notch or pointed tear, as in cloth
- (Slang) A spree, especially a drinking spree.
- One that bends:
- (Slang) A drinking bout; spree
- A turn at batting, as in baseball
- Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation. They look like a mouse with membranous wings extending from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail. Altogether, there are about 1,000 bat species in the world.
- A binge; a spree.
- A period of drunkenness
- A carefree, lively outing.
- A sudden indulgence in or outburst of an activity:
- A drunkard.
- (Slang) A drinking spree
- A person who regularly drinks alcoholic liquor to excess; drunkard
- Carousal.
- A noisy, merry drinking party
- (Obs.) A glassful drunk all at once, esp. as a toast
- A riotous drinking party.
- Joining with friends to drink alcohol.
- A noisy feast with much alcohol consumption.
- A noisy or confused quarrel.
- (Slang) A noisy quarrel or fight; brawl
- A drinking spree; a binge.
- A spree or bout of unrestrained imbibing or eating
- Any completely unrestrained action
- A period of excessive or uncontrolled indulgence, especially in food or drink.
Verb
To take alcoholic liquor, especially excessively or habitually
- To intoxicate (especially, with alcohol)
- (US, Canada) To fill up (a tank in a vehicle with gas, petrol etc.).
- To cause to get drunk.
- (Slang) To drink (liquor)
- To stay immersed in water or other liquid for wetting, softening, etc.
- (Informal) To drink (alcoholic liquor), especially to excess.
- (Slang) To drink to excess.
- To have a painful or injurious effect on because of cold
- To bite or sting with the cold; chill.
- To drink (liquor) in nips
- To drink (alcoholic liquor) or engage in such drinking, especially habitually or to excess.
- To drink (alcoholic liquor) habitually
- To absorb (moisture)
- To take in with the senses; drink in
- To drink.
- To drink, especially alcoholic beverages, greedily or habitually.
- To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or immoderately
- To drink greedily or habitually:
- To drink alcoholic liquor, sometimes specif. as a matter of habit or to excess
- To take in or soak up; absorb:
- To imbibe alcoholic liquors:
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Another word for booze
Noun
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- A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain, esp. of rye, wheat, corn, or barley
- An alcoholic liquor distilled from grain, such as corn, rye, or barley, and containing approximately 40 to 50 percent ethyl alcohol by volume.
- A drink of such liquor.
- A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C2H5OH: it can be burned as fuel (10-15% of gasohol), is used in industry and medicine, and is the intoxicating element of whiskey, wine, beer, and other fermented or distilled liquors: classed as a depressant drug
- The drinking of such liquors
- Intoxicating beverages containing ethanol considered as a group:
- A solution, emulsion, or suspension for industrial use.
- An aqueous solution of a nonvolatile substance.
- (Pharmacy) A solution of some substance in water
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