Definitions for Bouse

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Bouse bouse

Spelling: [bous, bouz]

IPA: /baʊs, baʊz/

Bouse is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in Bouse (beosu).

Definitions for Bouse

noun

1. liquor or drink.
2. a drinking bout; carouse.

verb (used with object)

1. to haul with tackle.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to drink, especially to excess.

Origin of Bouse

First recorded in 1585-95; of uncertain origin

Examples for Bouse

The wandering beggar says "skimish" for drink, but city beggars say "bouse."

Booze, or bouse, is supposed to come from the Dutch buysen, though the word has been in use in England for some hundreds of years.