boozing

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boozing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Booze \Booze\ (b[=oo]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boozed
     (b[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Boozing.] [D. buizen; akin to
     G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box,
     jar.]
     To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to
     tipple. [Written also bouse, and boose.] --Landor.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           This is better than boozing in public houses. --H. R.
                                                    Haweis.
     [1913 Webster]

  boozing \booz"ing\ n.
     the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
  
     Syn: drink, drinking, drunkenness, crapulence.
          [WordNet 1.5]

boozing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  boozing
      n 1: the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink
           was his downfall" [syn: drink, drinking, boozing,
           drunkenness, crapulence]