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Definition of Souse

1. Verb. Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto. "They souse the cloth with water and alcohol"; "Souse water on his hot face"

2. Noun. A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.

3. Verb. Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate. "Dip the brush into the paint"

4. Noun. Pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled.

5. Verb. Become drunk or drink excessively.

6. Noun. The act of making something completely wet. "He gave it a good drenching"

7. Verb. Cook in a marinade. "The chefs souse the vegetables"; "Souse herring"

Definition of Souse

1. n. Pickle made with salt.

2. v. t. To steep in pickle; to pickle.

3. v. i. To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly; to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack.

4. v. t. To pounce upon.

5. n. The act of sousing, or swooping.

6. adv. With a sudden swoop; violently.

Definition of Souse

1. Noun. A corrupt form of (term sou). ¹

2. Noun. A pickle made with salt. ¹

3. Noun. Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine. ¹

4. Noun. The ear; especially, a hog's ear. ¹

5. Noun. (US Appalachian) Pickled scrapple. ¹

6. Noun. A person suffering from the disease of alcoholism. ¹

7. Noun. (Caribbean) Pickled/ Boiled ears and feet of a pig ¹

8. Verb. to immerse in liquid; to steep or drench ¹

9. Noun. A heavy blow. ¹

10. Verb. (context: now dialectal transitive) To strike or beat. ¹

11. Verb. (context: now dialectal intransitive) To fall heavily. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Souse

1. to immerse [v SOUSED, SOUSING, SOUSES] - See also: immerse

Medical Definition of Souse

1. To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly; to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack. "For then I viewed his plunge and souse Into the foamy main." (Marston) "Jove's bird will souse upon the timorous hare." (J. Dryden. Jr) Origin: Probably fr. OF. Sors, p.p. Of sordre to rise, and first used of an upward swood, then of a swoop in general, but also confused with Souse, See Source. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Souse

sourses soursop soursop tree soursops sourt sourwood sourwoods sous sous-chef sous-chefs

sous-vide sousaphone sousaphones sousaphonist sousaphonists soused souses sousing sousings souslik

sousliks sousveillance sout soutache soutaches soutage soutane soutanes soutar

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