drenching, soaking, souse, sousing
(noun) the act of making something completely wet; “he gave it a good drenching”
souse
(noun) pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse
(noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
(verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; “souse water on his hot face”
souse
(verb) cook in a marinade; “souse herring”
souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up
(verb) become drunk or drink excessively
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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
souse (plural souses)
Something kept or steeped in brine
The pickled ears, feet, etc, of swine.
(US, Appalachian) Pickled scrapple.
(Caribbean) Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig
A pickle made with salt.
The ear; especially, a hog's ear.
The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
A person suffering from alcoholism.
• (person suffering from alcoholism): alcoholic, sot, suck-pint; See also drunkard
souse (third-person singular simple present souses, present participle sousing, simple past and past participle soused)
(transitive) To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
(transitive) To steep in brine; to pickle.
Obscure origin. Compare Middle German sûs (noise).
souse (plural souses)
The act of sousing, or swooping.
A heavy blow.
souse (third-person singular simple present souses, present participle sousing, simple past and past participle soused)
(now dialectal, transitive) To strike, beat.
(now dialectal, intransitive) To fall heavily.
(obsolete, transitive) To pounce upon.
souse
(obsolete) A sou (the French coin).
(dated) A small amount.
• ouses
Source: Wiktionary
Sous, Souse (F. soo; colloq. Eng. sous), n.
Definition: A corrupt form of Sou. [Obs.] Colman, the Elder.
Souse, n. Etym: [OF. sausse. See Sauce.] [Written also souce, sowce, and sowse.]
1. Pickle made with salt.
2. Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine. And he that can rear up a pig in his house, Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse. Tusser.
3. The ear; especially, a hog's ear. [Prov. Eng.]
4. The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
Souse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soused; p. pr. & vb. n. Sousing.] Etym: [Cf. F. saucer to wet with sauce. See Souse pickle.]
1. To steep in pickle; to pickle. "A soused gurnet." Shak.
2. To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid. They soused me over head and ears in water. Addison.
3. To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly. Although I be well soused in this shower. Gascoigne.
Souse, v. i. Etym: [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, v. t. See Source.]
Definition: 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.
Souse, v. t.
Definition: To pounce upon. [R.] [The gallant monarch] like eagle o'er his serie towers, To souse annoyance that comes near his nest. Shak.
Souse, n.
Definition: The act of sousing, or swooping. As a falcon fair That once hath failed or her souse full near. Spenser.
Souse, adv.
Definition: With a sudden swoop; violently. Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
