as in merrymaking
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as in drinking
to take part in drunken revelry
spent all of shore leave carousing with his mates
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Recent Examples of carousing
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Open Thursday to Sunday during the day, La Copine is a respite after a long hike — or a long night of carousing.
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Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
24 Mar. 2026
There was drunken carousing and little street parking to be had on big college bar weekends and the Indianapolis Art Fair weekend.
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Shari Rudavsky,
IndyStar,
22 Mar. 2026
Their spaces are meant for gathering and carousing—not just looking at.
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Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
The carousing reached its apogee on the final night.
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Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 May 2024
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
The team were meek in defeat, but after a weekend carousing and communing in central London, Newcastle fans arrived at Wembley with a collective hangover.
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George Caulkin,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
But that doesn’t add much beyond three crusty Báthory ancestors carousing drunkenly in their coffins.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
Others blame social media for hindering crew members from socializing—and carousing—together.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Open Thursday to Sunday during the day, La Copine is a respite after a long hike — or a long night of carousing.
—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
24 Mar. 2026
There was drunken carousing and little street parking to be had on big college bar weekends and the Indianapolis Art Fair weekend.
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Shari Rudavsky,
IndyStar,
22 Mar. 2026
Their spaces are meant for gathering and carousing—not just looking at.
—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
The carousing reached its apogee on the final night.
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Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 May 2024
Verb
Three sitting rooms are complemented by a further three members’ social spaces for carousing in, concealed behind a subtle screen (here, DJs including Goldierocks make appearances, and mobile snaps are banned; staff politely place a sticker over mobile camera lenses).
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
The team were meek in defeat, but after a weekend carousing and communing in central London, Newcastle fans arrived at Wembley with a collective hangover.
—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
But that doesn’t add much beyond three crusty Báthory ancestors carousing drunkenly in their coffins.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carousing
Noun
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Nor did great merrymaking surround its 2001 move to pioneer quantitative easing.
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Once ground was completely covered with shards of tableware, folks journeyed from their seats into the center of the room for more dancing and merrymaking.
Verb
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Middleton also reportedly avoids drinking tap water when travelling overseas because of concerns over bacteria, contaminants or unfamiliar mineral content.
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Middle and upper-class people would have wanted special implements for drinking these beverages and a place to drink it.
Noun
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Egypt won in penalties as well to join Mexico and Norway in newfound revelry.
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And in a novel twist, there will be a ball drop in New York City’s Times Square at midnight to usher in the July Fourth holiday with much the same revelry that is typically reserved for New Year’s Eve.
Verb
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When the Black Queen’s message arrives in the Riverlands, the king consort, lil’ Oscar Tully, and their new pal Roddy the Ruin are busy reveling, making up ballads dedicated to their own derring-do.
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Nebraska fans with seats around the tunnel spotted them, because thousands of Nebraska fans were still in their seats, reveling, the music still thumping in the arena, as if some kind of encore would be happening.
Noun
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The finale is an ambiguous mix of jollity and agitation, with a piccolo shrieking above a militant march.
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Winston Peacock’s Ghost of Christmas Present is especially winning with decidedly John Belushi-esque jollity.
Verb
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This is someone’s Super Bowl, if the Super Bowl was about binging 15 pounds of cased beef tubes.
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Michelle has also faced ongoing comments on her appearance ‒ a 2011 cartoon depicted her as overweight and bingeing on hamburgers and more recently, she has been accused of taking Ozempic to lose weight.
Noun
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Roisin Gallagher, Sinéad Keenan and Caoilfhionn Dunne anchor a top-notch ensemble as a trio of friends whose trip from Belfast to Ireland’s County Donegal for a funeral leads to unearthed secrets, hilarity and emotion.
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Root deflects credit for its hilarity.
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Anchoring all this is Fiomona’s open-hearted and entertaining performance, deftly moving between emotionally heavy dramatic scenes and others full of gaiety.
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The night carried a distinctly American blend of violence and gaiety.
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“Carousing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carousing. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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