souse
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verb (used with object)
1.
to plunge into water or other liquid; immerse.
2.
to drench, as with water.
3.
to dash or pour, as water.
4.
to steep in pickling brine; pickle.
verb (used without object)
5.
to plunge into water or other liquid.
6.
to be soaked or drenched.
7.
to be steeping or soaking in something.
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noun
8.
an act of sousing.
9.
something kept or steeped in pickle, especially the head, ears, and feet of a pig.
10.
a liquid used as a pickle.
11.
Slang. a drunkard.
Origin:
1350–1400; 1915–20 for def 11; (noun) Middle English sows < Middle French souce pickled < Germanic (akin to salt1); (v.) Middle English sousen, derivative of the noun
1350–1400; 1915–20 for def 11; (noun) Middle English sows < Middle French souce pickled < Germanic (akin to salt1); (v.) Middle English sousen, derivative of the noun
Synonyms
2. soak, wet.
2. soak, wet.
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verb (used without object)
1.
to swoop down.
verb (used with object)
2.
to swoop or pounce upon.
noun Falconry.
3.
a rising while in flight.
4.
a swooping or pouncing.
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souse1 (saʊs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to plunge (something, oneself, etc) into water or other liquid |
| 2. | to drench or be drenched |
| 3. | (tr) to pour or dash (liquid) over (a person or thing) |
| 4. | to steep or cook (food) in a marinade |
| 5. | slang (tr; usually passive) to make drunk |
| —n | |
| 6. | the liquid or brine used in pickling |
| 7. | the act or process of sousing |
| 8. | slang a habitual drunkard |
| [C14: from Old French sous, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German sulza brine] | |
| souse2 (saʊs) | |
| —vb (often foll by on | |
| 1. | to swoop suddenly downwards (on a prey) |
| —n | |
| 2. | a sudden downward swoop |
| [C16: perhaps a variant of obsolete vb sense of | |
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Word Origin & History
souse
late 14c., "to pickle, steep in vinegar," from O.Fr. sous (adj.) "preserved in salt and vinegar," from Frank. *sultja (related to O.Saxon sultia "salt water"), from P.Gmc. *salt-, *sult- (see salt). The noun meaning "pig parts preserved and pickled" is recorded from late 14c.
The adj. soused "drunk" is first recorded 1610s, on notion of one "pickled" in liquor.
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Slang Dictionary
souse definition[sɑʊs]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
No matter whether it is partisan or not, if it is fortified by reason and financial souse.
We also process cooked pork chitterlings, souse meat, and c-loaf.
If present or cannot be ruled out, al souse metronidazole.
Then anyone broke a rule he got the leggin's or a souse in the river.
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