souse

Noun
  1. A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually (synset 109801608)
    is a type of: drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino - a chronic drinker
    same as: alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker
  2. Pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled (synset 107694058)
    is a type of: sausage - highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
  3. The act of making something completely wet (synset 100278655)
    "he gave it a good drenching"
    is a type of: wetting - the act of making something wet
    same as: drenching, soaking, sousing
Verb
  1. Cover with liquid;
    Pour liquid onto (synset 200216642)
    "souse water on his hot face"
    is a type of: wet - cause to become wet
    subtypes:
    • brine - soak in brine
    • bedraggle, draggle - make wet and dirty, as from rain
    • bate - soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
    • ret - place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
    • flush, sluice - irrigate with water from a sluice
    same as: douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop
  2. Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate (synset 201579924)
    "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
    is a type of: immerse, plunge - thrust or throw into
    subtypes:
    • sop - dip into liquid
    • dip, douse, duck - dip into a liquid
    • dabble - dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
    same as: dip, douse, dunk, plunge
  3. Become drunk or drink excessively (synset 201192810)
    is a type of: booze, drink, fuddle, hit the bottle - consume alcohol
    same as: hit it up, inebriate, soak
  4. Cook in a marinade (synset 200322602)
    "souse herring"
    referred to in: cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
    is a type of: cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

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