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BOOSE

Definitions: BOOSE

BOOSE

Intransitive verb

1. To drink excessively. See Booze.

Noun

1. A stall or a crib for an ox, cow, or other animal.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definitions: BOOSE

DomainDefinitions

Mining

A. Eng. Lead ore that separates easily from its matrix and does not have to be buddled, Durham, Yorkshire, and Derbyshire. Hooson defines it as veinstuff and ore mixed. Syn:booze; bowse. (references)

Slang in 1811

BOOSE, or BOUSE. Drink. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: BOOSE

Specialty definitions using "BOOSE": BOOSE, BOUSE. (references)

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Name Usage Frequency: BOOSE

The following table summarizes the usage of "BOOSE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
BooseLast name1,00010,805
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BOOSE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

boose

19

allen boose

4

boose chevrolet

4

boose casey

3

dorian boose

3

boose cruise

2

aluminum boose

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: BOOSE

Language Translations for "BOOSE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

pije alkoolike (alcohol, booze, drink, fuddle, grog, guzzle, hard drink, hooch, hootch, libation, liquor, lush, ratafee, ratafia, sauce), pi (booze, bouse, consume, drink, imbibe, liquor, lush, take a drink, take to drink, tipple, tope), e pirë (booze, drink, drinking bout, potation). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مرح صاخب (bat, bender, binge, booze, hilarity, razzle-dazzle, rejoicing, revelry, rip roaring), ‏خمر (booze, brew, ferment, inebriant, port, raise, red, sour, vintage, wine), ‏شراب مسكر (booze, brandy, champagne, drink, drinking, inebriant, intoxicant, medicine, nappy, peg, pot, rum), ‏شرب باسراف (booze). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

пиянствувам (bib, booze, bouse, drink, drinking, soak, spree, tope). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μεθοκοπώ (booze, carouse, take to drink), ποτό μεθυστικό (booze). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szeszes ital (alcoholic drink, booze, bouse, drink, hard liquor, intoxicant, likker, liquor, lush, rum, spirit, tiddly, tipple), nyakal (booze, to booze, to guzzle, to swig, to swill), jászol (booze, crib, manger), ivászat (bend, bender, booze, bouse, carousal, guzzle, heavy drinking, reels, soak, swill, toot), iszik (booze, drank, drink, drink to excess, drunk, have a booze, hobnob, take a drink, to carouse, to cup, to drink, to drink like a fish, to imbibe, to lush, to quaff, to soak up, to swig, to take the waters). (various references)

   

Italian

  

bevanda alcolica (booze), bere smoderatamente (booze), liquore (booze, liqueur, liquor). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oosebay

   

Portuguese

  

bebida alcoólica (alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, booze, hard drink, hood, hooter, intoxicant, liquor, lotos, pick me up, stimulant, strong drink), embriagar-se (booze, soak). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

спиртной напиток (booze, drink, guzzle, hard drink, hooch, liquor, lotion, tipple), выпивка (booze, libation, load on, refresher, wampo), напиваться (become drunk, booze, fuddle, sotted, take to drink), бухало (booze), пьянствовать (booze, go on the binge, guzzle, have a binge, tipple, tope, toping). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

piti (booze, drink), pijančiti (booze, drink, guzzle, revel), alkoholno piće (booze, hooch, libation, liquor, spirit, swizzle, tipple). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

borrachera (binge, booze, drunkenness, razzle, razzle-dazzle), bebida alcohólica (alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, booze, hooch, intoxicant, liqueur, stimulant, tipple), beber (booze, drink, imbibe, indulge, partake of, put back, swig, wet one's whistle). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

dryckesgille (bout). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

стійло (bay, box, crib, stall), випивка (booze, damp, nosedive, pot, potation, wet), пиячити (be on the booze, bouse, bum, carouse, fuddle, guzzle, knock back, make whoopee, tipple, tope). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: BOOSE

Derivations

Words ending with "BOOSE": caboose, calaboose. (additional references)

Words containing "BOOSE": cabooses, calabooses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: BOOSE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: oboes.

Words within the letters "b-e-o-o-s"

-1 letter: boos, obes, oboe.

-2 letters: boo, bos, obe, oes, ose, sob.

-3 letters: be, bo, es, oe, os, so.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-o-o-s"
 

+1 letter: boozes, goboes, hoboes, oboles.

 

+2 letters: befools, boleros, bongoes, boobies, boodles, boogers, boogeys, boogies, bookers, bookies, boomers, boonies, boosted, booster, bootees, booties, boozers, bosomed, caboose, coombes, embosom, globose, goobers, loobies, rebooks, reboots, rebozos, seaboot, sorbose, yobboes.

 

+3 letters: bebloods, bedrooms, beglooms, behooves, besmooth, besoothe, bioscope, biotopes, bloodies, bloomers, bloopers, bolloxes, boloneys, bonitoes, boodlers, bookcase, bookends, booklets, bookrest, boomiest, boomlets, boosters, bootlegs, bootless, booziest, boredoms, boresome, borneols, botryose, brooches, brooders, brookies, burnoose, cabooses, casebook, doblones, embosoms, eobionts, forbodes, goodbyes, homeboys, hotboxes, houseboy, lobulose, nobodies, nonobese, obsessor, obsolete, outboxes, prebooks, reblooms, ribosome, seaboots, semihobo, sombrero, somebody, sorboses, theorbos.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BOOSE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 4F 4F 53 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    ---    ---    ...    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01001111 01001111 01010011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#79 &#79 &#83 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 004F 004F 0053 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3649495339

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Names: Frequency
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanyano, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanskt, albanialainen, Albanais, Albaneesk, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, arbnisht, arbërisht, albán, albanskur, albanska, AlbÚinis, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, Alapania, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець, for Albanian;
Arabies, arabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic;
Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian;
Grieks, Griek, ‏الإغريقي, ‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek;
Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, ‏الهنغاري, ‏مجري, ‏هنغاري, ‏المجري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian;
Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, ‏شخص إيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏الإيطالي, ‏إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian;
Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese;
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Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;
乌克兰, for Ukranian;