carousal

carousal
n
1. drinking bout, brannigan, drunk, potation, compotation, bouse, guzzle, drunken carouse or revel, bacchanal, bacchanalia; cocktail party, happy hour; spree, fling, carouse, revel, romp, bout, wassail; All Sl. binge, bender, hellbender, bust, toot, tear, jag, bat, barhop, bar-crawl, Brit. pubcrawl; revelry, merrymaking, jollification, Inf. goings on; celebration, gala affair, wing-ding; orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, Scot. randy.
2. a. carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout.b. tournament, tourney, field day, gymkhana.

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  • Carousal — Ca*rous al, n. [See {Carouse}, but also cf. F. carrousel tilt.] A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse. [1913 Webster] The swains were preparing for a carousal. Sterne. Syn: Banquet; revel; orgie; carouse. See {Feast}. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • carousal — carousal, carousel 1. Carousal is pronounced kǝ rou zǝl and means a good time with drinking. 2. Carousel is pronounced ka rǝ sel, and means (1) a tournament, (2) a merry go round, and (3) a moving (and usually circular) conveyor belt system for… …   Modern English usage

  • carousal — 1735, from CAROUSE (Cf. carouse) + AL (Cf. al) (2) …   Etymology dictionary

  • carousal — [kə rou′zəl] n. CAROUSE (n. 1) …   English World dictionary

  • carousal — Synonyms and related words: bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, bender, binge, booze, bout, brannigan, bust, carouse, celebration, compotation, debauch, debauchery, debauchment, dissipation, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, escapade …   Moby Thesaurus

  • carousal — carouse ► VERB ▪ drink alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way. ► NOUN ▪ a noisy, lively drinking party. DERIVATIVES carousal noun carouser noun. ORIGIN originally meaning «right out, completely» in the phrase drink carouse,… …   English terms dictionary

  • carousal — noun Date: 1760 carouse 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • carousal — /keuh row zeuhl/, n. a noisy or drunken feast or social gathering; revelry. [1755 65; CAROUSE + AL2] * * * …   Universalium

  • carousal — noun /kəˈɹaʊzəl/ a) A noisy feast with much alcohol consumption. b) A loud and noisy social gathering …   Wiktionary

  • carousal — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. carousing, spree, frolic; see carnival 1 , celebration 2 , feast , merriment 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A drinking bout: binge, brannigan, carouse, drunk, spree. Slang: bat2, bender, booze, jag, tear1. See DRUGS,… …   English dictionary for students

  • carousal — ca·rous·al || kÉ™ raÊŠzl n. drunkenness; wild drunken behavior …   English contemporary dictionary

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