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Carousing   /kərˈaʊzɪŋ/   Listen
Carousing

adjective
1.
Used of riotously drunken merrymaking.  Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalian, bacchic, orgiastic.  "Carousing bands of drunken soldiers" , "Orgiastic festivity"



Carouse

verb
(past & past part. caroused; pres. part. carousing)
1.
Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking.  Synonyms: riot, roister.



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"Carousing" Quotes from Famous Books



... into the fortress. The two Queens and the ladies of the Court knew not how to make enough of her. They seemed to think that our coming must be regarded as the signal for an outburst of merrymaking and carousing, such as the King found ...
— A Heroine of France • Evelyn Everett-Green

... this to her," continues Jack; "there must be no farewells, I could never endure that. But it shall seem that I have gone with you for company, and have fallen in with old comrades who would keep me for a carousing." ...
— A Set of Rogues • Frank Barrett

... a face brighter far than the full moon; and he was of tongue eloquent and of pluck puissant, valorous, formidable. Also he was mighty fond of wine mere and rare and of drinks in the morning air and of converse with the fair and he delighted in mirth and merriment and he was assiduous in his carousing which he would never forego during the watches of the night or the wards of the day. Now for the abundance of his comeliness and the brilliancy of his countenance, whenever he walked abroad in the capital he would swathe his face with ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 5 • Richard F. Burton

... appeared to be the leaders of the gang, separated, one stealing towards the object of his attack, and the other hastening in the direction of the ford which crossed the stream—possibly where the men were carousing. ...
— The Gold Hunter's Adventures - Or, Life in Australia • William H. Thomes

... whiskey find their way into the lodges of the Indians, notwithstanding the watchfulness of both officers and Agent. Where there is a demand there will always be a supply, let the legal prohibitions be what they may. The last day of the payment is, invariably, one of general carousing. ...
— Wau-bun - The Early Day in the Northwest • Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie


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