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Meaning of "carouse" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAROUSE

Via French carrousser from German ( trinken) gar aus (to drink) right out.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CAROUSE

carouse  [kəˈraʊz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAROUSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Carouse is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb carouse in English.

WHAT DOES CAROUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of carouse in the English dictionary

The definition of carouse in the dictionary is to have a merry drinking spree; drink freely.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CAROUSE

PRESENT

Present
I carouse
you carouse
he/she/it carouses
we carouse
you carouse
they carouse
Present continuous
I am carousing
you are carousing
he/she/it is carousing
we are carousing
you are carousing
they are carousing
Present perfect
I have caroused
you have caroused
he/she/it has caroused
we have caroused
you have caroused
they have caroused
Present perfect continuous
I have been carousing
you have been carousing
he/she/it has been carousing
we have been carousing
you have been carousing
they have been carousing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I caroused
you caroused
he/she/it caroused
we caroused
you caroused
they caroused
Past continuous
I was carousing
you were carousing
he/she/it was carousing
we were carousing
you were carousing
they were carousing
Past perfect
I had caroused
you had caroused
he/she/it had caroused
we had caroused
you had caroused
they had caroused
Past perfect continuous
I had been carousing
you had been carousing
he/she/it had been carousing
we had been carousing
you had been carousing
they had been carousing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will carouse
you will carouse
he/she/it will carouse
we will carouse
you will carouse
they will carouse
Future continuous
I will be carousing
you will be carousing
he/she/it will be carousing
we will be carousing
you will be carousing
they will be carousing
Future perfect
I will have caroused
you will have caroused
he/she/it will have caroused
we will have caroused
you will have caroused
they will have caroused
Future perfect continuous
I will have been carousing
you will have been carousing
he/she/it will have been carousing
we will have been carousing
you will have been carousing
they will have been carousing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would carouse
you would carouse
he/she/it would carouse
we would carouse
you would carouse
they would carouse
Conditional continuous
I would be carousing
you would be carousing
he/she/it would be carousing
we would be carousing
you would be carousing
they would be carousing
Conditional perfect
I would have carouse
you would have carouse
he/she/it would have carouse
we would have carouse
you would have carouse
they would have carouse
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been carousing
you would have been carousing
he/she/it would have been carousing
we would have been carousing
you would have been carousing
they would have been carousing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you carouse
we let´s carouse
you carouse
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to carouse
Past participle
caroused
Present Participle
carousing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAROUSE


arouse
əˈraʊz
blouse
blaʊz
blowse
blaʊz
bouse
baʊz
bowse
baʊz
browse
braʊz
Cowes
kaʊz
drowse
draʊz
espouse
ɪˈspaʊz
Laos
laʊz
overblouse
ˈəʊvəˌblaʊz
overbrowse
ˌəʊvəˈbraʊz
re-arouse
ˌriːəˈraʊz
rehouse
riːˈhaʊz
rouse
raʊz
smouse
smaʊz
trouse
traʊz
unhouse
ʌnˈhaʊz
uprouse
ʌpˈraʊz
vows
vaʊz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAROUSE

carolled
caroller
carolling
carolus
carom
caromel
carotene
carotenoid
carotid
carotid artery
carotidal
carotin
carotinoid
carousal
carousel
carousel fraud
carouser
carousingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAROUSE

black grouse
blue grouse
crouse
Father of the House
grouse
hazel grouse
house
mouse
prairie grouse
red grouse
ruffed grouse
sage grouse
sandgrouse
spouse
spruce grouse
the House
Toulouse
warehouse
willow grouse
woodgrouse

Synonyms and antonyms of carouse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CAROUSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «carouse» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of carouse

Translation of «carouse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAROUSE

Find out the translation of carouse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of carouse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «carouse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

畅饮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

juerga
570 millions of speakers

English

carouse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दावत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أسرف في تناول الخمر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кутить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carouse
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মদ্যপানোত্সব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ribote
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Carouse
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zechen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大酒盛り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

카로틴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Carouse
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

say sưa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

களித்துக் கூத்தாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पायमोजा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kafayı çekmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gozzovigliare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hulać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бенкетувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chefuiesc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

carouse
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zwelgpartij
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

carouse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

carouse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of carouse

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAROUSE»

The term «carouse» is regularly used and occupies the 75.888 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAROUSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «carouse» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «carouse» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about carouse

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2 QUOTES WITH «CAROUSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word carouse.
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Omar Khayyam
You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.
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Garry Shandling
I'm not a party guy. I don't carouse very much.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAROUSE»

Discover the use of carouse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to carouse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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All Four Vedas
Send down to us great riches,−at your glad carouse−in thousands, O Most healthy. Thou art waxing great. 2 To thee with sacrifices, with oblations, and with lauds we come. Lord of all strength and power, grant−at your glad carouse−the best ...
IslamKotob
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The Hymns of the Ṛgveda
We know thou carest for us as a brother : with us, O God, be thine auspicious friendship. HYMN XXIV. Indra. Aivins. 1. O Indra, drink this Soma, pressed out in the mortar, full of sweets. Send down to us great riches, — at your glad carouse — in ...
Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith, Jagdish Lal Shastri, 1973
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The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...
Fr. carouse, carous- Caro'oser, n. >ser; Span, caraos. Dr. Caro'usal, n. j Johnson, after Menage and Skinner, derives the French from the German, gar ausx, all out, meaning ' empty it entirely.' The Spanish caraos signifies the act of drinking a ...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
Ray. The two carotidal and the two vertebral arteries, arc tail golden quaternion. Smith. CARIVUSE, t». &n.~) Fr. carouse, curous- Caro'i'ser, n. >wt; Span, caraos. Dr. Caro'i'sal, n. j Johnson, after Menage and Skinner, derives the French from ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington), 1839
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Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
CAHo'usAL.f n.s. [from carouse. It seems more properly pronounced with the accent upon the second syllable ; but Dry- den accents it on the first, Dr. Johnson says. Dryden, however, was only observ ing the fashion of his own time ; as the ...
Samuel Johnson, 1827
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Career
01. Athlete. (Manager). Str 7 (+0) Dex 5 (–1) End 7 (+0) Int 9 (+1) Edu 7 (+0) Soc 8 (+0) Age 34, 4 Terms, Veteran Cr 16,000 Skills: Art (Acting) 1, Athletics (any) 2, Carouse 0, Computers 0, Leadership 1, Melee (any) 1, Persuade 1, Recruiting 1,  ...
John Griffiths, Richard Hazlewood, Nik Kraakenes, 2009
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Curiosities of Literature
He says, * Now, he is nobody that cannot drink super* unguium; carouse the hunter s hoope ; quaff vpse freze crosse ; with healths, gloves, mumpes,frolickes, and a thousand such domineering inventions.'* Drinking super-nagulum, that is on ...
Isaac Disraeli, 1835
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Meliora
Of these curiosities in literature about drunkenness he instances Nash's enumeration, ' Now he is nobody that cannot drink supernaculum ; carouse the hunter's hoope, quaff upzee frieze crosse ; with healths, gloves, mumps, frolickes, and a ...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
Caro'csal.tj. s. [from carouse. It seems more properly pronounced with the accent upon the second syllable ; but Dry den accents it on the first.] A festival. This game, these carousals Ascanius taught, And building alba to the Latins brought.
Samuel Johnson, 1805
10
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
Tertullian, even often through Waste in wild riot what your land allows, discontentment, carpeth injuriously at them, as There ply the early feast, and late carouse. Pope, though they did it even ; when they were free a. A hearty dose of liquor.
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAROUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term carouse is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Psychobilly patriotism: 4th of July at Burger Boogaloo
Those in love with rockabilly, punk, and John Waters rushed Oakland on Saturday to relax and carouse during one of the more laid-back ... «The Bay Bridged, Jul 15»
2
The Libertines Prowl Thailand's Red Light District in Rabblerousing …
They unapologetically carouse with ladies of the evening, bottle-feed each other exotic beer, chain-smoke, sweat through their suits, give each ... «Yahoo Music, Jul 15»
3
Darkly funny, The Overnight explores the small, embarrassing truths …
You've been there before with Edward Zwick's Chicago-based About Last Night and Martin Scorsese's late-night SoHo carouse, After Hours. «Charleston City Paper, Jul 15»
4
Damien Hirst: 'What have I done? I've created a monster'
... Mexico and Thailand – including a money pit of a stately home in Gloucestershire called Toddington Manor – and still found time to carouse. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
5
Carouse with caution this Fourth of July
The combination of a significant regional heat wave and little precipitation is causing area agencies to ask residents to celebrate with caution ... «Lewiston Morning Tribune, Jun 15»
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'The Tribe' doesn't attempt to get inside the psychology of its characters
... boys who sneak out at night to booze and carouse and pilfer. The staff is ineffectual or in collusion -- two of the female students, for example, ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jun 15»
7
Sex Tourism, Hasidic Style
... touches upon the question of whether it's permissible for a married man or bachelor who flies to a distant city to carouse with a local woman. «Patheos, Jun 15»
8
Why Sarah Hepola Needed to Write a Memoir About Getting Sober
... but continue to carouse for hours, often indulging unknowingly in behavior that ranged from the ridiculous (mooning friends in college) to the ... «D Magazine, Jun 15»
9
Meow Meow Cruise is The Cat Holiday the Internet Needs
Like parents who can't stop talking about what little Timmy is doing up at university, this trip allows you to carouse with fellow cat lovers and ... «TravelPulse, Jun 15»
10
Long, hot summer? Greek, Eurozone storm clouds churning
... as he heads down to Virginia's Colonial Williamsburg to carouse with some longtime friends down in the Commonwealth's Tidewater area. «Communities Digital News, Jun 15»

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