as in drunk
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
the Old West custom of heading to the saloon at night for an all-out carouse and some poker playing
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Recent Examples of carouse
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
Many foreign attendees at San Fermín have no stomach for the spectacle and spend their early evenings carousing in local bars instead.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
These increasingly crazed visitors spend their days lazing on the shore, drinking and eating, carousing with prostitutes, and abusing Rosa (played by B-movie actress Leonora Fani, who would also star in the equally notorious vacation film Giallo in Venice) for their own entertainment.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
In late March, a few hundred people descended on the Mall at Bay Plaza in the Bronx with young-looking shoppers carousing and running through the complex, based on a TikTok video.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
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Verb
But that doesn’t add much beyond three crusty Báthory ancestors carousing drunkenly in their coffins.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
Many foreign attendees at San Fermín have no stomach for the spectacle and spend their early evenings carousing in local bars instead.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
These increasingly crazed visitors spend their days lazing on the shore, drinking and eating, carousing with prostitutes, and abusing Rosa (played by B-movie actress Leonora Fani, who would also star in the equally notorious vacation film Giallo in Venice) for their own entertainment.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
In late March, a few hundred people descended on the Mall at Bay Plaza in the Bronx with young-looking shoppers carousing and running through the complex, based on a TikTok video.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carouse
Noun
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Like when Mark comes home drunk.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
14 May 2026
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At the time, Mac Collins blamed the company’s insurer for missing the drunk-driving conviction in a background check.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
11 May 2026
Verb
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As the two men drink their first soda for nearly a year and wistfully speak of clean clothes, another first-person view drone is heard overhead in the city of Kramatorsk, sending locals scattering.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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This is a time when TCM has never been more popular, with practices including acupuncture, as well as cupping, herbal medicine, and other somatic therapies (or something as simple as drinking warm water) going mainstream in the Western world.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Buying sprees of outlets led to owners who became highly leveraged and less able to invest in programming, which put the squeeze on suppliers such as CBS News Radio.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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Apple has been on a spree of rolling out crucial health features to more people around the world.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
Verb
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The pair sequester themselves in a shed while guests revel outside in the sunshine.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Nebraska fans with seats around the tunnel spotted them, because thousands of Nebraska fans were still in their seats, reveling, the music still thumping in the arena, as if some kind of encore would be happening.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2026
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With propulsive pacing and excellent courtroom drama, The Lincoln Lawyer is an easy binge with just the right amount of grit to not feel old-fashioned.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
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After finishing the eight episode series, which was dropped all at once as a binge, fans may wonder if Off Campus season 2 is coming.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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“Carouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carouse. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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