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Carousing

Carouse \Ca*rouse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caroused; p. pr. & vb. n. Carousing.] To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels.

He had been aboard, carousing to his mates.
--Shak.

Carousing

Carousing \Ca*rous"ing\, a. That carouses; relating to a carouse.

Wiktionary
carousing

n. carousal vb. (present participle of carouse English)

WordNet
carousing

adj. used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, orgiastic]

Usage examples of "carousing".

But their carousings generally ended at midnight, the black said, and then they fell into a heavy sleep.

The “beautiful trust-funder” Pamela Wisher, known for her marathon late-night carousings, had disappeared two months earlier from a basement club on Central Park South.