souse
21souse — I Australian Slang 1. intoxicate; 2. drink to intoxication; 3. drunkard (from souse steep in pickling liquid) II North Country (Newcastle) Words to fall upon, to fall with violence; a great thump, a sever fall, a blow …
22souse — a drunkard The common culinary imagery, this time from soaking in vinegar or the like: That much would just get a real souse started. (Chandler, 1953) Soused means drunk: I could see that mother was getting soused. (L. Armstrong …
23souse — I [[t]saʊs[/t]] v. soused, sous•ing, n. 1) to plunge into water or other liquid; immerse 2) coo to steep in pickling brine; pickle 3) to plunge into water or other liquid 4) to be steeping or soaking in something 5) an act of sousing 6) coo… …
24souse — I. verb (soused; sousing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French suz, souce pickling juice, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sulza brine, Old English sealt salt Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. pickle 2. a. to plunge in… …
25souse — to plunge into or soak in a liquid …
26souse — souse1 /sows/, v., soused, sousing, n. v.t. 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. v.i. 5. to plunge into water or other liquid. 6. to be …
27souse — 1. noun a) A corrupt form of . b) A pickle made with salt. 2. verb to immerse in liquid; to steep or drench …
28souse — Synonyms and related words: baptism, baptize, bathe, bender, booze, booze up, boozehound, boozify, bottle sucker, brannigan, brew, brewing, bum, burial, bury, bust, chug, chug a lug, crock, deluge, dip, dipping, douche, douse, dousing, drench,… …
29souse — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To soak] Syn. drown, wet, dunk; see dip 1 , immerse 1 . 2. [To preserve] Syn. pickle, marinate, brine; see preserve 3 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. pickle, steep, soak, saturate, brine, marinate, immerse, dunk, plunge,… …
30souse — n A drunk. All I saw coming home was a couple of souses lying on the sidewalk in front of the bar. 1940s …
