noun. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.

noun. The act of drinking heavily.

verb. Present participle of booze.

noun. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

"The ruffler, who found his representative in a very magnificently equipped, and by no means ill-favored knave, whose chin was decorated with a beard as lengthy and as black as Sultan Mahmoud's, together with the dexterous hooker, issued forth from the hovel which they termed their boozing ken, eager to catch a glimpse of the prince of the high-tobygloaks."

intemperance  intemperateness  

drinking bout  

abusing  accusing  amusing  bruising  choosing  

crapulence  drink  drinking  drunkenness  

booze