booze cruising
- noun
- /buz ˈkruːzɪŋ/
- Informal
:
paseo de copas
- After a long week, they went booze cruising through the city in their minivan.
Examples
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We plan to spend the afternoon booze cruising on the lake with our friends.
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They enjoy booze cruising along the coast every summer.
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Some people think booze cruising is risky, but others see it as harmless fun.
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Are you going booze cruising this weekend?
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They spent the day booze cruising around the lake, laughing and enjoying drinks with friends.
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After the party, we decided to go booze cruising along the beach, stopping at different bars along the way.
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On warm weekends, many groups can be seen booze cruising through the city, enjoying their favorite drinks.
Synonyms
1
8.2
A party on a boat where people drink alcohol
1
6.9
To go from bar to bar, drinking at each place
To visit several pubs in one night, drinking at each one
How Social
- Informal
4
6.8
- Informal
1
8.2
- Informal
∞
2.8
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'booze' (alcohol) and 'cruise/cruising' (moving around socially or travelling for leisure) can largely infer that 'booze cruising' involves moving/socialising while drinking. However, 'cruise' is polysemous and colloquial—its specific social/sexual or regional connotations and the informal register of 'booze cruising' are not fully predictable without exposure—so the relation is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Booze cruising comes from the clear image of people slowly traveling while drinking booze and cruising around in a car or boat with friends. So, Booze cruising now means 'going out or traveling in a group while drinking for fun'.