Bouse
name, noun, verb ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 to drink, especially alcoholic drink countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Bien Darkmans then, Bouse Mort and Ken"
- 2 a carouse; a booze countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Six-and-twenty years of prison; the first seventeen years of it strict and hard, almost of the dungeon sort; the remainder, on his fairly abdicating, was in another Castle, that of Callundborg in the Island of Zealand, 'with fine apartments and conveniences,' and even 'a good bouse of liquor now and then,' at discretion of the old soul."
- 1 To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.
- 2 To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. obsolete
"you do provide me hum enough , And lour to bouse with"
- 3 haul with a tackle wordnet
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A census-designated place in La Paz County, Arizona, United States, believed to be named after Thomas Bouse. countable, uncountable
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Bien Darkmans then, Bouse Mort and Ken"
Etymology
Of unknown origin.
From Middle English bous (noun), bousen (verb), from Middle Dutch būsen, buisen, buysen (“to drink heavily”). Related to Middle High German būsen (“to swell, inblow”). More at beer.
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