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BOOZE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

Synonyms:

booze; hard drink; hard liquor; John Barleycorn; liquor; spirits; strong drink

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("booze" is a kind of...):

alcohol; alcoholic beverage; alcoholic drink; inebriant; intoxicant (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "booze"):

lacing (a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage)

firewater (any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum))

whiskey; whisky (a liquor made from fermented mash of grain)

vodka (unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia)

tequila (Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant)

mescal (a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant))

schnapps; schnaps (any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes)

rum (liquor distilled from fermented molasses)

ouzo (a Greek liquor flavored with anise)

gin (strong liquor flavored with juniper berries)

brandy (distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice)

bitters (alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots)

arak; arrack (any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses)

akvavit; aquavit (Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds)

aqua vitae; ardent spirits (strong distilled liquor or brandy)

Derivation:

booze (consume alcohol)

boozy (given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consume alcohol

Example:

We were up drinking all night

Synonyms:

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "booze" is one way to...):

consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)

Verb group:

drink; tope (drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "booze"):

tank (consume excessive amounts of alcohol)

port (drink port)

claret (drink claret)

bar hop; pub-crawl (go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk)

bib; tipple (drink moderately but regularly)

hit it up; inebriate; soak; souse (become drunk or drink excessively)

wine (drink wine)

carry; hold (drink alcohol without showing ill effects)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

They booze

Derivation:

booze (an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented)

boozer (a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually)

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