bouse

4 definitions found

bouse - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bouse \Bouse\, v. i.
     To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See Booze.
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  Bouse \Bouse\, n.
     Drink, esp. alcoholic drink; also, a carouse; a booze. "A
     good bouse of liquor." --Carlyle.
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  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.
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           This is better than boozing in public houses. --H. R.
                                                    Haweis.
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bouse - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bouse
      v 1: haul with a tackle [syn: bowse, bouse]