souse

souse ¹  (sous)

v. soused, sous·ing, sous·es

v.tr.

1. To plunge into a liquid.

2. To make soaking wet; drench.

3. To steep in a mixture, as in pickling.

4. Slang To make intoxicated.

v.intr.

To become immersed or soaking wet.

n.

1. The act or process of sousing.

2.

a. Food steeped in pickle, especially pork trimmings.

b. The liquid used in pickling; brine.

3. Slang

a. A drunkard.

b. A period of heavy drinking; a binge.

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[Middle English sousen, probably from Old French *souser, to pickle, from souz, sous, pickled meat, of Germanic origin; see sal- in Indo-European roots.]

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souse ²  (sous)

v. soused, sous·ing, sous·es Archaic

v.tr.

To pounce on; attack.

v.intr.

To swoop down, as an attacking hawk does.

n. Obsolete

A swooping motion of attack.

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[From Middle English souse, swooping motion, alteration of sours, source, a rising; see source.]

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souse

Verb

[sousing, soused]

1. to plunge (something) into water or other liquid

2. to drench

3. to steep or cook (food) in a marinade

Noun

1. the liquid used in pickling

2. the act or process of sousing [Old French sous]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	souse - a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino - a chronic drinker
	2.	souse - pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled sausage - highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
	3.	souse - the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching" drenching, sousing, soaking wetting - the act of making something wet
Verb	1.	souse - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" soak, sop, dowse, drench, douse wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face" brine - soak in brine bedraggle, draggle - make wet and dirty, as from rain bate - soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins" ret - place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue sluice, flush - irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
	2.	souse - immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" dip, dunk, douse, plunge sop - dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce" immerse, plunge - thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water" douse, duck, dip - dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" dabble - dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
	3.	souse - become drunk or drink excessively hit it up, inebriate, soak booze, drink, fuddle - consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"
	4.	souse - cook in a marinade; "souse herring" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"