carouse

Etymology

From Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), from German gar aus (literally “quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”). Compare German Garaus.

verb

1. (intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
   We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.
2. (intransitive) To drink to excess.
   If I survive this headache, I promise no more carousing at Brian's.

noun

1. A large draught of liquor.
   […] therefore forward I went with my hey-de-gaies to Ilford, where I againe reſted, and was by the people of the towne and countrey there-about very very wel welcomed, being offred carowſes in the great ſpoon, one whole draught being able at that time to haue drawne my little wit drye; […] 1600, William Kempe, Kemps nine daies vvonder, pages 4–5
   […] he hadde ſo many eyes watching ouer him, as he coulde not drinke a full Carouſe of Sacke, but the State was aduertised thereof, within few houres after. 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
2. A drinking bout; a carousal.
   PORSON […] would not only frequently “steal a few hours from the night,” but see out both lights and liquids, and seem none the worse for the carouse. 1835, Richard Gooch, Oxford and Cambridge Nuts to Crack, page 25