BOOZING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boozing mean? 

• BOOZING (noun)
  The noun BOOZING has 1 sense:

1. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

  Familiarity information: BOOZING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOOZING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

boozing; crapulence; drink; drinking; drunkenness

Context example:

drink was his downfall

Hypernyms ("boozing" is a kind of...):

intemperance; intemperateness (consumption of alcoholic drinks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boozing"):

drinking bout (a long period of drinking)

 Context examples 

"If he does it again, he's got to get out. Understand! I won't put up with his shinanigan—debotchin' innocent children with his boozing."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)