Carousings

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Πότος (Strong'S #4224 — Noun Masculine — potos — pot'-os )

lit., "a drinking," signifies not simply a banquet but "a drinking bout, a carousal,"  1—Peter 4:3 (RV, "carousings," AV, "banquetings"). Synonymous is kraipale, "surfeiting,"   Luke 21:34 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ka - rouz´ingz ( πότοις , pótois , dative plural of pótos ): This word is found only in the American Standard Revised Version and once only ( 1 Peter 4:3 ). The King James Version translates it "banquetings." It is one of the Gentile excesses of fleshly indulgence against which the Christians are warned by Peter.