SOAKER

alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse

(noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker

(noun) a heavy rain

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

soaker (plural soakers)

One who, or that which, soaks.

A person suffering from alcoholism.

A kind of knitted woollen diaper.

A kind of perforated hose used to distribute drips of water to a number of plants.

(Canada, slang) The experience of stepping in a deep puddle and having one's foot become completely engulfed in water.

Synonyms

• (person suffering from alcoholism): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also drunkard

• (stepping in a deep puddle): booter

Anagrams

• Koreas, Kosrae, arkose, resoak

Source: Wiktionary


Soak"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, soaks.

2. A hard drinker. [Slang] South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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