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DOUSE
drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
(verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; “souse water on his hot face”
douse, dowse
(verb) slacken; “douse a rope”
douse
(verb) lower quickly; “douse a sail”
dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
(verb) 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, douse, duck
(verb) dip into a liquid; “He dipped into the pool”
douse, dowse
(verb) wet thoroughly
douse, put out
(verb) put out, as of a candle or a light; “Douse the lights”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Douse (plural Douses)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Douse is the 25202nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 983 individuals. Douse is most common among Black/African American (53.0%) and White (41.71%) individuals.
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Etymology 1
Verb
douse (third-person singular simple present douses, present participle dousing, simple past and past participle doused)
(ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
(intransitive) To fall suddenly into water.
(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
Noun
douse (plural douses)
A sudden plunging into water.
Etymology 2
Verb
douse (third-person singular simple present douses, present participle dousing, simple past and past participle doused)
(transitive) To strike.
(transitive, nautical) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly
Noun
douse (plural douses)
A blow; stroke.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Douse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doused; p. pr. & vb. n. Dousing.] Etym: [Cf. Dowse, and OD. donsen to strike with the fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and noisily; perh. akin to E. din.]
1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
Douse, v. i.
Definition: To fall suddenly into water. Hudibras.
Douse, v. t. Etym: [AS. dwæscan. (Skeat.)]
Definition: To put out; to extinguish. [Slang] " To douse the glim." Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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