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booze

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verb

as in to drink
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages he went out boozing with his friends on his 21st birthday

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Examples of booze in a Sentence

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Noun
Rogelio and Yancy enjoy some booze and take in the view from Yancy’s backyard. Erin Qualey, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024 Speaking of booze, drinking alcohol in a gondola is another across-the-board no-no at North American resorts, even if it’s rarely enforced. Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2024
Verb
What’s a White Elephant gift exchange or a Dirty Secret Santa without a nod to booze? Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024 The latest battleground in the antitrust fight could be booze. Krystal Hur, CNN, 10 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for booze 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booze
Noun
  • Anyone involved in a non-injury accident with no drugs or alcohol should exchange information with the other driver and file the accident report online.
    Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
  • South Dakota lowered its general sales tax last year from 4.5 percent to 4.2 percent, and the new initiative would eliminate taxes on most food items, excluding alcohol and prepared meals.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Madrid: Bar And Restaurant Mecca This year’s glitzy gala was held in Madrid–a city famed for its exciting food and drink culture and superb nightlife–bringing bartenders, cocktail aficionados and drinks media in their thousands to the Spanish capital.
    Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Ten times as many people, meanwhile, reported drinking alcohol daily or almost daily.
    Marin Cogan, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Thieves in the San Fernando Valley have been yanking ATMs out of liquor stores and emptying the pockets of taco truck workers over the last three months, and police believe there may be additional victims or suspects.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Saturday morning in his brother's liquor store, a gunman quickly ended that life, his family said.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The most precious underwater find is a blue bead, once used as currency to pay for enslaved people from Africa, tobacco, cotton and rum.
    Alev Aktar, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Finding Inspiration From Aperol’s Appeal The fast growth of St-Germain, which was especially popular with fancy mixologists, caught the attention of liquor giant Bacardi, which makes the namesake rum, Dewars Scotch whisky and Patrón tequila.
    John Kell, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024

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“Booze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booze. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.

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