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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"
Generic synonyms: Wet
Specialized synonyms: Brine, Bedraggle, Draggle, Bate, Ret, Flush, Sluice
Derivative terms: Soaker, Soaking, Sousing
2. Noun. A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.
Generic synonyms: Drunk, Drunkard, Inebriate, Rummy, Sot, Wino
Derivative terms: Alcoholic, Booze, Soak
3. Verb. Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate. "Dip the brush into the paint"
Specialized synonyms: Sop, Dip, Douse, Duck, Dabble
Generic synonyms: Immerse, Plunge
Derivative terms: Dip, Dipper, Dousing, Dunkard, Plunge, Plunger
4. Noun. Pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled.
5. Verb. Become drunk or drink excessively.
Generic synonyms: Booze, Drink, Fuddle
Derivative terms: Inebriate, Inebriation, Inebriation, Soaker
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)