souse
To immerse in liquid; to steep or drenchTo immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
» That couple gets soused nearly every night.
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5 senses(transitive)To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
(transitive)To steep in brine; to pickle.
(dialectal, transitive)To strike, beat.
(dialectal, intransitive)To fall heavily.
(obsolete, transitive)To pounce upon.
Examples
1 sentencesThat couple gets soused nearly every night.
Origin
From Middle English souse (“to salt pickle”) also a noun (“liquid for pickling,” “pickledFrom Middle English souse (“to salt pickle”) also a noun (“liquid for pickling,” “pickled pig parts”), from Old French sous (“preserved in salt”), from Frankish *sultija (“saltwater, brine”), from Proto-Germanic *sultijō (“saltwater, brine”). Cognate with Old Saxon sultia (“saltwater”), Old High German sulza (“brine”).
Obscure origin. Compare Middle German sûs (“noise”).
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Forms
souses, sousing, soused, sousedSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.