adj
Meaning 1
Engaged in or associated with the act of carousing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
carousing
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rhymes with -aʊzɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: K ER0 AW1 Z IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
carousal
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the wild carousings of drunken revellers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of carouse
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a night of bacchanalian revelry
- carousing bands of drunken soldiers
- orgiastic festivity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, orgiastic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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