Carouse
verb
To have a noisy and lively party with lots of drinking.
After the final exams, the students decided to carouse into the early hours of the morning.
Often appears as...
- carouse till dawn
- carouse all night
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To drink lots of alcohol and behave in a loud, uncontrolled way.
He spent all his time carousing in local bars.
Often appears as...
- carouse in bars
- carouse and make noise
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To have a noisy and lively party with lots of drinking.
After the final exams, the students decided to carouse into the early hours of the morning.
Often appears as...
- carouse till dawn
- carouse all night
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To drink lots of alcohol and behave in a loud, uncontrolled way.
He spent all his time carousing in local bars.
Often appears as...
- carouse in bars
- carouse and make noise
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Celebration Focus
Use 'carouse' to describe festive gatherings where drinking is a main activity.
The pirates decided to carouse after finding the buried treasure.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Events
'Carouse' is often used for impromptu or informal parties, not formal events.
They began to carouse in the backyard after the barbecue.
Pro Tip 3/3Volume and Energy
Associated with noise and high energy; 'carouse' implies exuberance and possibly rowdiness.
The neighbors were carousing until the early morning, keeping everyone awake.
Pro Tip 1/3Celebration Focus
Use 'carouse' to describe festive gatherings where drinking is a main activity.
The pirates decided to carouse after finding the buried treasure.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Events
'Carouse' is often used for impromptu or informal parties, not formal events.
They began to carouse in the backyard after the barbecue.
Pro Tip 3/3Volume and Energy
Associated with noise and high energy; 'carouse' implies exuberance and possibly rowdiness.
The neighbors were carousing until the early morning, keeping everyone awake.
Pro Tip 1/3Celebration Focus
Use 'carouse' to describe festive gatherings where drinking is a main activity.
The pirates decided to carouse after finding the buried treasure.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Events
'Carouse' is often used for impromptu or informal parties, not formal events.
They began to carouse in the backyard after the barbecue.
Pro Tip 3/3Volume and Energy
Associated with noise and high energy; 'carouse' implies exuberance and possibly rowdiness.
The neighbors were carousing until the early morning, keeping everyone awake.
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Quote examples
David Hewson
British Author
The bronze dwarfs give you the first clue that Wroclaw is no ordinary city. They lurk all over the place, carousing outside pubs, snoring at the doors of hotels, peeking out from behind the bars of the old city jail.
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Garry Shandling
American Comedian
I think sometimes I should do more carousing, because I don't do much and maybe it would be fun occasionally. It's hard for me to have fun and I'm a serious thinker and a searcher and funny from the front.
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Ron Cephas Jones
American Actor
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a very savvy character. His drinking and carousing, his charisma and intelligence... the things he did in Congress. He passed for white, then became a black advocate.
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Omar Khayyam
Poet
You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.
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Alexandra Petri
American Journalist
At college, everyone's milestones occurred in shared clumps. Everyone studied, caroused, won, lost - simultaneously. Life is not like that.
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Steven Ford
American Actor
I used to go out and carouse. I was afraid to go to sleep because I thought I might miss something.
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George Clooney
American Actor
I'm a Method actor. I spent years training for the drinking and carousing I had to do in this film.
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Garry Shandling
American Comedian
I'm not a party guy. I don't carouse very much.
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David Hewson
British Author
The bronze dwarfs give you the first clue that Wroclaw is no ordinary city. They lurk all over the place, carousing outside pubs, snoring at the doors of hotels, peeking out from behind the bars of the old city jail.
Quote examples
Garry Shandling
American Comedian
I think sometimes I should do more carousing, because I don't do much and maybe it would be fun occasionally. It's hard for me to have fun and I'm a serious thinker and a searcher and funny from the front.
Quote examples
Ron Cephas Jones
American Actor
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a very savvy character. His drinking and carousing, his charisma and intelligence... the things he did in Congress. He passed for white, then became a black advocate.
Quote examples
Omar Khayyam
Poet
You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.
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Alexandra Petri
American Journalist
At college, everyone's milestones occurred in shared clumps. Everyone studied, caroused, won, lost - simultaneously. Life is not like that.
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Steven Ford
American Actor
I used to go out and carouse. I was afraid to go to sleep because I thought I might miss something.
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George Clooney
American Actor
I'm a Method actor. I spent years training for the drinking and carousing I had to do in this film.
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Garry Shandling
American Comedian
I'm not a party guy. I don't carouse very much.
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