What does booze mean?
Booze means (colloquial, uncountable) Any alcoholic beverage..
Booze
/buːz/ · noun
Meaning
(colloquial, uncountable) Any alcoholic beverage..
Definitions by Sense
- (colloquial, uncountable) Any alcoholic beverage.
- (colloquial, countable, archaic) A session of drinking alcohol; a drinking party.
- (slang, intransitive) To drink alcohol.
- (slang, transitive) To drink (an alcoholic beverage).
Example Sentences
1995, Al Stewart, "Marion the Chatelaine" on Between the Wars She got caught between the shadows and the booze And she surely did know how to have the blues
The glutton castaway, the drunkard in the desert, the lecher in prison, they are the happy ones. To hunger, thirst, lust, every day afresh and every day in vain, after the old prog, the old booze, the old whores, that's the nearest we'll ever get to felicity, the new porch and the very latest garden.
In some Canadian provinces […] American booze will be pulled off the shelves indefinitely starting on Tuesday.
We were out all night boozing until we dragged ourselves home hung over.
This is better than boozing in public houses.
It's worse than kerosene to boose.
Synonyms for booze
Antonyms for booze
Related Words
Word Forms
- boozes
- boose
- boozing
- boozed
Usage Notes
Choose a synonym only when it preserves the intended meaning, tone, and grammar of the full sentence.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for booze?
Common synonyms include grog, liquor[Appendix:Glossary, adult beverage, liquor.
What is the opposite of booze?
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
How do you use booze in a sentence?
1995, Al Stewart, "Marion the Chatelaine" on Between the Wars She got caught between the shadows and the booze And she surely did know how to have the blues
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