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Souse has 13 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

2

pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled

3

the act of making something completely wet

"he gave it a good drenching"

4

Something kept or steeped in brine

5

The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.

6

The act of sousing, or swooping.

7

A sou (the French coin).

Verb
1

cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

"souse water on his hot face"

2

immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

"dip the garment into the cleaning solution"

"dip the brush into the paint"

3

become drunk or drink excessively

4

cook in a marinade

"souse herring"

5

To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.

6

To strike, beat.

Example Sentences
"he gave it a good drenching" noun
"souse water on his hot face" verb
"dip the garment into the cleaning solution" verb
"dip the brush into the paint" verb
"souse herring" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
drunkard sausage wetting wet immerse hit the bottle cook
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
brine bedraggle bate ret sluice sop dip dabble
Rhyming Words
use cuse duse fuse euse ruse muse suse ause ouse zuse cause v use meuse kouse couse bouse druse mouse pause
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