as in drinking
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages
he went out boozing with his friends on his 21st birthday
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Recent Examples of boozing
Ferrara makes no bones about the catastrophic consequences of so much boozing and chasing the dragon on his personal life and finances.
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Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
At the same time, unlike other artists of the bro-country ilk, Aldean personally refrained from boozing it up throughout the show, waiting to pull out a red Solo cup with a shot of tequila in it until there were just 11 minutes left in a set that ran 97.
—Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Aug. 2025
Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
At the same time, unlike other artists of the bro-country ilk, Aldean personally refrained from boozing it up throughout the show, waiting to pull out a red Solo cup with a shot of tequila in it until there were just 11 minutes left in a set that ran 97.
—Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boozing
drinking
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Jude, a 12-year-old who gets injured in a firework accident, had been drinking with older kids while dealing with instability at home.—
Jonathan Hunt-Glassman,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Patricia explains the process and reminds the woman that drinking coffee before the screening can affect the results.—
Lisa Hughes,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Boozing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boozing. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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