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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024soused (soust),USA pronunciation adj. [Slang.]- Slang Termsdrunk;
intoxicated.
- 1540–50, in sense "pickled''; 1605–15 for current sense; souse1 + -ed2
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024souse1 (sous),USA pronunciation v., soused, sous•ing, n. v.t. - to plunge into water or other liquid;
immerse. - to drench, as with water.
- to dash or pour, as water.
- Foodto steep in pickling brine;
pickle.
v.i. - to plunge into water or other liquid.
- to be soaked or drenched.
- to be steeping or soaking in something.
n. - an act of sousing.
- Foodsomething kept or steeped in pickle, esp. the head, ears, and feet of a pig.
- Fooda liquid used as a pickle.
- Slang Termsa drunkard.
- Gmc (akin to salt1); (verb, verbal) Middle English sousen, derivative of the noun, nominal
- Middle French souce pickled
- 1350–1400; 1915–20 for def. 11; (noun, nominal) Middle English sows
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged soak, wet.
souse2 (sous),USA pronunciation v., soused, sous•ing, n. [Archaic.]
v.i. - to swoop down.
v.t. - to swoop or pounce upon.
n. Falconry. - Sporta rising while in flight.
- Sporta swooping or pouncing.
- by-form of source in its earlier literal sense "rising'' 1480–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: souse /saʊs/ vb - to plunge (something, oneself, etc) into water or other liquid
- to drench or be drenched
- (transitive) to pour or dash (liquid) over (a person or thing)
- to steep or cook (food) in a marinade
- (tr; usually passive) slang to make drunk
n - the liquid or brine used in pickling
- the act or process of sousing
- slang a habitual drunkard
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French sous, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German sulza brine |