booze

booze
1.
(coll.)intransitive verb saufen (derb)
2. noun, no pl.
(drink) Alkohol, der
* * *
[bu:z] 1. noun
(alcoholic drink: Have you got enough booze for the party?) Alkohol
2. verb
(to drink alcoholic drinks.) saufen
* * *
booze
[bu:z]
I. n (fam)
1. no pl (alcohol) Alk m fam
to be off the \booze nicht mehr trinken
to be on the \booze saufen derb
2. (activity) Sauferei f derb
to go out on the \booze auf Sauftour gehen fam
II. vi (fam) saufen derb
to have been boozing all night die ganze Nacht durchgezecht haben
* * *
[buːz] (inf)
1. n
(= alcoholic drink) Alkohol m; (= spirits also) Schnaps m; (= drinking bout) Sauftour f (inf)

keep off the booze — lass das Saufen sein (inf)

bring some booze — bring was zu schlucken mit (inf)

he's gone back on the booze again — er säuft wieder (inf)

2. vi
saufen (inf)

all this boozing — diese Sauferei (inf)

boozing party — Besäufnis nt (inf)

to go out boozing — saufen gehen (inf)

* * *
booze [buːz] umg
A v/i saufen
B s
a) Zeug n (alkoholisches Getränk)
b) Sauferei f:
go on the booze zu saufen anfangen;
be on the booze saufen
c) Sauftour f:
go on a booze eine Sauftour machen
d) Besäufnis n
* * *
1.
(coll.)intransitive verb saufen (derb)
2. noun, no pl.
(drink) Alkohol, der
* * *
v.
saufen v.
(§ p.,pp.: soff, gesoffen)

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