booze en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /bʉwz/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /buːz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /bʉːz/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /bʉz/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
- /buz/ (US)
- audio AU!Australia
Etymology
Originally a Northern England dialectal form of bowse.
Meanings
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(colloquial, uncountable) Any alcoholic beverage.
In some Canadian provinces […] American booze will be pulled off the shelves indefinitely starting on Tuesday.
2025 February 2, Nadine Yousif, “Canadian fans boo US anthem as tariffs spur 'buy local' pledge”, in BBC News: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.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC: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
- (colloquial, sometimes, specifically, uncountable) Any alcoholic beverage. ▸ Any hard liquor.
- (archaic, colloquial, countable) A session of drinking alcohol; a drinking party.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| boozes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| boose | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
booze fighter · booze up · boozeless · boozer · booze bus · booze cruise · booze artist · boozy · booze-up · boozehound · boozorium · booze can · boozefest · booze jockey · booze baron · booze cruising · boozehead
Hypernyms
liquor · beverage · beverage · drink · booze · adult beverage · drink
Relateds
Synonyms
adult beverage · liquor[Appendix:Glossary · adult beverage · grog · liquor[Appendix:Glossary
Translations (69)
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