carousing adj 1: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: {bacchanalian}, {bacchanal}, {bacchic}, {carousing}, {orgiastic}]
Carousing \Ca*rous"ing\, a. That carouses; relating to a carouse. [1913 Webster]
Carouse \Ca*rouse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caroused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Carousing}.] To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels. [1913 Webster] He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. --Shak. [1913 Webster]