Definition of Carousing

1. Adjective. Used of riotously drunken merrymaking. "Orgiastic festivity"

Exact synonyms: Bacchanal, Bacchanalian, Bacchic, Orgiastic
Similar to: Drunk, Inebriated, Intoxicated
Derivative terms: Bacchanal, Bacchanal, Orgy, Orgy

Definition of Carousing

1. a. That carouses; relating to a carouse.

Definition of Carousing

1. Verb. (present participle of carouse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carousing

1. carouse [v] - See also: carouse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carousing

carotinoids
carotinosis cutis
carotins
carotodynia
carous
carousal
carousals
carouse
caroused
carousel fraud
carousels
carouser
carousers
carouses
carousing
carousingly
carp
carp bream
carp breams
carp mouth
carpaccio
carpaccios
carpal
carpal arches
carpal artery
carpal articular surface of radius
carpal articulation
carpal bone
carpal bones

Literary usage of Carousing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... a flash; And when carousing makes his «'¡IB to falle, They Buy he halh а .... carousing ..."

2. Exploring and Travelling Three Thousand Miles Through Brazil from Rio de by James William Wells (1887)
"... man—Fazenda de Tabua—Another ugly crossing—Cattle districts—Ponte de Lagoa—Mosquitos—A dreary night—Carousing black neighbours—Dismal squalor—A haunt of ..."

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