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booze cruiser

booze cruiser

9.2
A person who often drinks alcohol at social events or a vehicle that carries drinks to parties
  • noun
  • /buz ˈkruːzər/
  • Informal
translation icon : vehículo de copas
  • They rented a booze cruiser for the lake trip, stocked with snacks and beer.

Examples

  • The party bus is a popular booze cruiser for weddings.

  • We hopped on the booze cruiser to enjoy drinks while cruising around the city with friends.

  • Known as a booze cruiser, she was the life of every social gathering.

  • The booze cruiser always brings the best drinks to every party.

  • Many booze cruisers gather at the beach during the summer.

  • At the festival, the booze cruiser made sure everyone had a good time with plenty of drinks.

  • He became known as the booze cruiser after always showing up with refreshments for his friends.

Synonyms

drinker
vsbooze cruiser
83 1.8

A person who often drinks alcohol

is an informal term focusing on frequent social drinking or the party vehicle
drunkard
vsbooze cruiser
17 5.5

A person who often drinks too much alcohol

is less extreme focusing on frequent social drinking or party transport
drunken reveler
vsbooze cruiser
7.2

A person who celebrates wildly while drunk

is used for repeated social drinking or as a vehicle for parties
town drunkard
vsbooze cruiser
  • Offensive
8.1

A person in a town who often drinks too much and people know it

is informal and refers more to repeated social drinking or to a party vehicle

How Much

booze cruiser
  • Informal
9.2
drinker
83 1.8

Surface Forms

booze cruiser singular
booze cruisers plural

Morphology

booze + cruiser

The meaning is largely compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'booze' (alcohol) and 'cruiser' (a vehicle or someone who cruises) can plausibly infer something or someone associated with drinking, most naturally a vehicle used for social drinking. However, the phrase is informal/slang and can extend to a person who drinks frequently, so the exact sense and usage may not be fully predictable without exposure.

Etymology

Booze cruiser joins booze, meaning drinks, and cruiser, meaning a car or boat that moves around. One common picture is someone who goes from place to place with drinks or a vehicle that brings drinks to a party, so the phrase now means 'a person who often drinks at social events' or 'a vehicle used for drinking or carrying drinks'.