Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Booze

Booze (boz) , intransitive verb

[Dutch buizen; akin to German bausen, and perh. from Dutch buis tube, channel, bus box, jar.]

To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple. — Landor
This is better than boozing in public houses. — H. R. Haweis

Booze , noun

1.
A carouse; a drinking. — Sir W. Scott
2.
any alcoholic beverage, especially a strong beverage such as whiskey.