booze artist
One who is drunk or apt to get drunk. I was quite a booze artist in college, but those days are long behind me. All right, let's get this booze artist some coffee—something to sober him up. Yeah, I drink sometimes, but I'm no booze artist. I just have a glass of wine every so often.
booze can
An establishment (e.g., a nightclub or bar) that sells or provides alcoholic beverages illegally or after hours. I know a great booze can downtown that only lets you in if you know the password. Yeah, this bar closes at 2 AM, but we'll just go to the booze can around the corner when that happens. Are we going to get arrested for being here? This place sure seems like a booze can.
booze it
slang To drink a lot of alcohol. It's my birthday, so I'm definitely boozing it tonight! But Mary Alice is so shy! She must have been boozing it if she did karaoke at the bar last night. I boozed it a lot in college, but those days are long behind me.
booze it up
slang To drink a lot of alcohol. It's my birthday, so I'm definitely boozing it up tonight! But Mary Alice is so shy! She must have been boozing it up if she did karaoke at the bar last night. I boozed it up a lot in college, but those days are long behind me.
boozed
slang Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really boozed! Help him get home, will ya? He started drinking whiskey, and now he's boozed. Ugh, my head is pounding. I need to remember this feeling the next time I think getting boozed is a good idea.
boozehound
slang One who is apt to drink alcohol often and excessively; an alcoholic. "Booze" is a slang term for alcohol derived from the Middle Dutch word būsen, meaning "to drink to excess." Geez, if we go to the bar a third time this week, we're gonna look like a couple of boozehounds! Yeah, I drink sometimes, but I'm no boozehound. I just have a glass of wine every so often. I used to be a real boozehound and spent all of my time in bars, but that was before I went to rehab.
hit the booze
slang To drink alcohol, especially to excess. All this stress at work right now is enough to make me hit the booze. You need to stop hitting the booze and start taking care of your kids! Look, you can't hit the booze like this every time something goes wrong! It doesn't help anything.
hit the bottle
slang To drink alcohol, especially to excess. All this stress at work right now is enough to make me hit the bottle. You need to stop hitting the bottle and start taking care of your kids! Look, you can't hit the bottle like this every time something goes wrong! It doesn't help anything.
hit the sauce
slang To drink alcohol, especially frequently or excessively. You need to stop hitting the sauce and start taking care of your kids! All this stress at work right now is enough to make me hit the sauce. Look, you can't hit the sauce like this every time something goes wrong! It doesn't help anything.
kick the (something)
slang To overcome an addiction to something. It took gum, patches, and even hypnosis, but I've finally kicked the habit. Unfortunately, the physical nature of heroin addiction means that kicking the habit isn't as simple as just wanting to stop. After saying such horrible things to my parents, I decided it was finally time to kick the booze for good.
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hit the bottle
Also, hit the booze or sauce . Drink alcoholic beverages, especially a great deal, as in I don't know if it will be a problem, but he hits the bottle every weekend, or She hardly ever hits the booze, but when she does, watch out, or It doesn't show in her work, but she hits the sauce every night. These slangy expressions date from the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.