souse

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

Similar word(s): alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker

Definition categories: person, drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino

2. pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled

Definition categories: food, sausage

3. the act of making something completely wet

Similar word(s): drenching, soaking, sousing

Definition categories: act, wetting

verb

1. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

- souse water on his hot face

Similar word(s): douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop

Definition categories: change, wet

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

Similar word(s): dip, douse, dunk, plunge

Definition categories: contact, immerse, plunge

3. become drunk or drink excessively

Similar word(s): inebriate, soak

Definition categories: consumption, booze, drink, fuddle

4. cook in a marinade

- souse herring

Definition categories: change, cook