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souse 1 S0581700 (sous)v. soused, sous·ing, sous·es v.tr.1. To plunge into a liquid.2. To make soaking wet; drench.3. To steep in a mixture, as in pickling.4. Slang To make intoxicated.v.intr. To become immersed or soaking wet.n.1. The act or process of sousing.2. a. Food steeped in pickle, especially pork trimmings.b. The liquid used in pickling; brine.3. Slang a. A drunkard.b. A period of heavy drinking; a binge.
[Middle English sousen, probably from Old French *souser, to pickle, from souz, sous, pickled meat, of Germanic origin; see sal- in Indo-European roots.]
souse 2 S0581700 (sous)v. soused, sous·ing, sous·es Archaic v.tr. To attack by swooping down on. Used of a bird of prey.v.intr. To swoop down, as an attacking hawk does.
[From Middle English souse, swooping motion, alteration of sours, source, a rising; see source.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | sousing - the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching"drenching, soaking, sousewetting - the act of making something wet |
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