boozing
present participle ofbooze
booze
verb[I]
informaluk/buːz/us/buːz/todrinkalcohol:
Have you been out boozing again?
Synonym
drink
Drinking alcohol
- abstinence
- abstinence-only
- after hoursidiom
- bar-hop
- barhopping
- drinker
- drinking
- drinking game
- drinking-up time
- drownyoursorrowsidiom
- hangover
- hatch
- out of hoursidiom
- outdrink
- overdrink
- paint
- paint the town redidiom
- ply
- poison
- spike
Examplesofboozing
boozing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I have never understood why people who visit places to see the scenery want to spend all their time sitting in pubsboozing.
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The "boozingbus parties" bring it in crates.
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If you have theseboozingdens you can have stringent laws for them.
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That is an indication that these are notboozingconcerns in any sense of the word.
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People who talk about drinking as "boozing" give it some sort of glamour.
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I doubt whether in factboozingbuses will disappear from the roads.
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Indeed, they could not afford to go to the match because they had travelled overnight,boozingall the way on £20 spending money.
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When they have an all night sitting, they go onboozingall through the blooming night.
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No doubt someone will accuse me of supportingboozingon the rates.
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This is supposed to stop theboozingbuses.
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I withdraw the word "boozing"and substitute the words"taking refreshment".
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They have beenboozingall day.
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It is, of course, the case that much of the misbehaviour of "boozingbus parties" already constitutes offences against the criminal law—breach of the peace, public indecency, and so on.
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We are all aware of what has been termed the problem of the "boozingbus party", and the nuisance which it causes—the rowdy behaviour and the offences against decency.
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She soon shows her own brand of revenge by heavy partying andboozingand having one night stands.
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