Standard Lemma guide

boose

name · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /buːs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈbʉs/
  • rhymes with -uːs
  • /buːz/
  • rhymes with -uːz
  • CMU ARPABET: B UW1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A stall for an animal (usually a cow).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative spelling of booze.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

Examples

  • 1922, A.E Housman, "The Oracles" 'Tis true there's better boose than brine, but he that drowns must drink it; And oh, my lass, the news is news that men have heard before.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

Alternative spelling of booze.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English bose, boose, from Old English *bōs (attested in bōsih, bōsig (“cow-stall”)), from Proto-West Germanic *bans, from Proto-Germanic *bansaz, *bandsaz, *bandstiz (“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhendh- (“to tie, bind”).

From Middle English bousen (verb) and bouse (noun).