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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Booze \Booze\ (b[=oo]z), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Boozed} (b[=oo]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Boozing}.] [D. buizen; akin to G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box, jar.] To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple. [Written also {bouse}, and {boose}.] --Landor.
This is better than boozing in public houses. --H. R. Haweis.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Booze \Booze\, noun
1. A carouse; a drinking. --Sir W. Scott.
2. any alcoholic beverage, especially a strong beverage such as whiskey. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
booze
noun: distilled rather than fermented [syn: {liquor}, {spirits}, {hard drink}, {hard liquor}, {John Barleycorn}, {strong drink}]
verb: consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [syn: {drink}, {fuddle}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "booze": John Barleycorn, alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, aqua vitae, ardent spirits, bat, bender, beverage, bib, brannigan, brew, bum, carouse, chug, chug-a-lug, drain the cup, drink, drink in, drink off, drink to, drink up, drunk, firewater, grog, guzzle, hard liquor, hooch, imbibe, inebriant, intoxicant, intoxicating liquor, jag, juice, liquor, liquor up, little brown jug, lush, mountain dew, pledge, poison, potable, potation, pull, punch bowl, quaff, raise the elbow, rum, sauce, schnapps, sip, soak, social lubricant, souse, spirits, strong drink, strong waters, suck, suck in, suckle, sup, swig, swill, tank up, the Demon Rum, the bottle, the cup, the flowing bowl, the luscious liquor, the ruddy cup, tipple, toast, toss down, toss off, toxicant, wash down, water of life, whiskey, white lightning, white mule
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