booze
[verb]
Synonyms: drink, guzzle, imbibe, liquor (up), soak, swig, swill, swizzle, tank up, tipple
[noun]
Synonyms: liquor, aqua vitae, drink, firewater, grog, hooch, juice, sauce, spirit(s), tipple, binge, bat, bender, brannigan, bum, carouse, drunk, jag, soak, souse

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English Thesaurus: alcohol, drink, liquor, booze, spirits, ...

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I. booze /buːz/ noun [singular, uncountable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Middle Dutch; Origin: Middle Flemish busen]
informal alcoholic drink:
a bottle of booze
on the booze
He’s been on the booze (=drinking too much alcohol) for five days.
off the booze
My husband is now off the booze (=no longer drinking too much alcohol) and he is a different person.

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II. See main entry: boozing

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booze
noun
ADJ. cheap | free There was free booze at the party.
VERB + BOOZE smell I could smell booze on his breath.
bring, take We need to take some booze to the party.
turn to He turned to booze (= started drinking a lot of alcohol) when his wife died.
kick She's still trying to kick the booze (= stop drinking so much alcohol).
BOOZE + NOUN problem
PREP. off the ~ (= not drinking alcohol) She's been off the booze for a month now.
on the ~ (= drinking alcohol) He was dry for years but now he's back on the booze.

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alcohol drinks that contain alcohol – used especially in rules and warnings about alcoholic drinks:
We’re not allowed to serve alcohol to people under 18.
low-alcohol wines (=not containing a lot of alcohol)
He doesn’t drink alcohol or smoke.
drink British English alcoholic drinks. Drink is more informal than alcohol:
Police officers smelled drink and breath-tested him.
He blamed drink for the violence.
liquor American English drinks that contain alcohol, especially strong alcoholic drinks:
The man was holding a bottle of liquor in one hand and a cigarette in the other.
a liquor store
He got used to drinking hard liquor (=strong alcoholic drinks) at an early age.
booze informal alcoholic drinks:
The doctor told Jimmy to stay off the booze for a while.
He tried to buy booze with a stolen credit card.
spirits especially British English strong alcoholic drinks such as whisky or brandy:
We serve a wide range of wines, beers, and spirits.
the hard stuff spoken informal strong alcoholic drinks:
He enjoyed a drop of the hard stuff (=he liked strong alcoholic drinks).
alcopops British English sweet fizzy drinks with alcohol in them:
The report showed that alcopops were the most popular drink for 17-year-olds.

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