CAROUSAL, CAROUSE, CAROUSING
ADJECTIVES
► RAFFING carousing, drinking → 19C Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► BIRLING a carousal, a feast; a drinking-match in which the drink is clubbed for → 1819 Sc.
► JAMBOREE a carousal, a spree, a noisy revel → 1872 US sl.
► RAFF a drunken carouse → 19C Eng. dial.
► RANDAN a drunken carousal or riot; riotous or disorderly behaviour; a spree; a noisy merrymaking → c1710
► REVEL-DASH a rough, noisy, and indecent carouse or gathering → a1592 sl.
► REVEL-ROUT a rough, noisy, and indecent carouse or gathering → 1591 sl.
► WHOOPER-DOOPER a carouse; a wild party → 1930 sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BAT an habitual tippler; one given to carousing → 1915 US sl.
► CONVIVATOR a companion in feasting, a fellow carouser → 1656 obs.
PHRASES
► ON THE RANDAN on a carouse; on the spree; drunk → 1764
► R AND R a several-day period spent general carousal → 1952 orig. World War II Army usage
VERBS
► BIRL ► BIRLE to carouse; to drink hard → 1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BUM to carouse → 19C US Civil War sl.
► GAVAUL to carouse; to revel → 1822 Sc.
► GO ON A TOOT to carouse → 1914 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► MAKE THE SKIES LOOK BLUE to carouse; to have a very jolly time → c1660 Brit. sl.
► ROLLIX to carouse; to be boisterous → 1927 Amer. dial.
► WHOOP IT UP to celebrate; to carouse; to have raucous fun → 1884 sl.
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