booze
booze /b'uːz/ (boozes boozing boozed)
1 [N-UNCOUNT] also the N
Booze is alcoholic drink. (INFORMAL)
...booze and cigarettes.
...empty bottles of booze.
2 [VERB] V
If people booze, they drink alcohol. (INFORMAL)
...a load of drunken businessmen who had been boozing all afternoon.
● boozing [N-UNCOUNT]
She had to contend with the boozing and girl-chasing of her husband.
1 [N-UNCOUNT] also the N
Booze is alcoholic drink. (INFORMAL)
...booze and cigarettes.
...empty bottles of booze.
2 [VERB] V
If people booze, they drink alcohol. (INFORMAL)
...a load of drunken businessmen who had been boozing all afternoon.
● boozing [N-UNCOUNT]
She had to contend with the boozing and girl-chasing of her husband.