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"

Exact synonyms: Douse, Dowse, Drench, Soak, Sop
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.
Exact synonyms: Alcoholic, Alky, Boozer, Dipsomaniac, Lush, Soaker
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"
Exact synonyms: Dip, Douse, Dunk, Plunge
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.
Generic synonyms: Sausage

5. Verb. Become drunk or drink excessively.
Exact synonyms: Hit It Up, Inebriate, Soak
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"
Exact synonyms: Drenching, Soaking, Sousing
Generic synonyms: Wetting
Derivative terms: Soak

7. Verb. Cook in a marinade. "The chefs souse the vegetables"; "Souse herring"
Category relationships: Cookery, Cooking, Preparation
Generic synonyms: Cook

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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