carousing
Drinking and celebrating
Carousing is drinking and merrymaking in a loud, uninhibited way, typically with others: They spent the night carousing at the pub.
The word suggests boisterous revelry that may go on too long or too late.
To carouse is the verb; a carouse is an instance of such drinking.
Gathering for celebration
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
- gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
frolic · dancing · raucous · boisterous · rowdy · debauchery · nightlife · revel
party
Gathering for celebration
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
gaiety · frolic · dancing · raucous · boisterous · rowdy · debauchery · nightlife · revel · bacchanal
beer
Fermented grain drink
tavern · bar · toast · tipsy · intoxicate · alcohol · spirits · liquor · hangover · booze
- bar activitiesdarts, drinking, pool, karaoke, beer pong
- carnivalparade, costume, float, ferris wheel, roller coaster
- mischiefmischief, hijinks, antics, pranks, antic
- nightlifebars, clubbing, clubs, nightclubs, bar crawl
- revelryrevelry, revel, festivity, festivities, celebration
- letting loosecutting loose, letting go, going wild, going crazy, running wild
carousingabstaining
Voluntarily doing without
teetotaling · sober · temperate · abstemious · moderate
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