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boozing

boozing noun: the act of drinking alcohol heavily. Also the present participle and gerund of booze.

Noun

boozing (countable and uncountable, plural boozings)

  1. (colloquial) The act of drinking alcohol heavily.
    • "So kindly keep the vainglorious enumeration of your pots for the benefit of those village idiots who compose your particular set of boozing companions."1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 85
    • Men, bearded, hirsute, sat dolefully at the bar, eyes translucent from diurnal boozings.1989, Bill Kauffman, Every Man a King, page 220

Also used as

boozing is also the present participle and gerund of booze.

Forms of boozing

pluralboozings

Words formed from boozing

Phrases with boozing

Questions about boozing

What does boozing mean?
Boozing means the act of drinking alcohol heavily.
What part of speech is boozing?
Boozing is a noun.
What is the plural of boozing?
The plural of boozing is boozings.

Words near boozing in the dictionary

  1. boozey
  2. boozier
  3. booziest
  4. boozily
  5. booziness
  6. boozing
  7. boozing ken
  8. boozing kens
  9. boozing up
  10. boozing-ken
  11. boozing-kens

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