booze C2+ Topic:Food & Drink US /buz/ UK /buːz/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun alcoholic drink; to drink alcohol heavily They brought plenty of booze to the party. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · alcoholic drink; to drink... liquoralcoholdrinkspiritsgroghoochtipple Word family Derived forms boozerboozybooze-up Etymology AI details From Middle English bouse, bousen ('to drink to excess'), from Middle Dutch būsen ('to drink heavily'), of Germanic origin. būsen Middle Dutch View etymology graph -> Topics Food & Drink External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # booze **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /buz/ **IPA (UK):** /buːz/ ## Meanings 1. alcoholic drink; to drink alcohol heavily ## Examples - They brought plenty of booze to the party. ## Synonyms - liquor - alcohol - drink - spirits - grog - hooch - tipple ## Derived Forms - boozer - boozy - booze-up ## Roots and Affixes - Root: būsen ## Etymology From Middle English bouse, bousen ('to drink to excess'), from Middle Dutch būsen ('to drink heavily'), of Germanic origin. ## AI Etymology Booze is from Middle English bouse, bousen ('to drink to excess'), from Middle Dutch būsen ('to drink heavily'), of Germanic origin. Important recorded forms include būsen (Middle Dutch). The current sense covers alcoholic drink; to drink alcohol heavily. The wider family includes derived forms such as boozer, boozy, and booze-up. ## Topics - Food & Drink markdown