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- Dictionarysouse/saʊs/
verb
- 1. soak in or drench with liquid: "the chips were well soused with vinegar"
noun
- 1. liquid used for pickling: "he liked to make salt-fish souse"
- 2. a drunkard: informal "he's a roaring souse"
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1. : something pickled. especially : seasoned and chopped pork trimmings, fish, or shellfish. 2. : an act of sousing : wetting.
SOUSE definition: 1. to put something into a liquid, or to make something completely wet 2. to put something into a…. Learn more.
Souse definition: to plunge into water or other liquid; immerse. . See examples of SOUSE used in a sentence.
SOUSE meaning: 1. to put something into a liquid, or to make something completely wet 2. to put something into a…. Learn more.
SOUSE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary. Summary Definitions Synonyms Pronunciation Collocations Conjugations Sentences Grammar. Definition of 'souse' Word Frequency. souse in British English. (saʊs ) verb. 1. to plunge (something, oneself, etc) into water or other liquid. 2. to drench or be drenched. 3. (transitive)
Definition of souse verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually. synonyms: alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker.
1. To plunge into a liquid. 2. To make soaking wet; drench. 3. To steep in a mixture, as in pickling. 4. Slang To make intoxicated. v.intr. To become immersed or soaking wet. n. 1. The act or process of sousing. 2. a. Food steeped in pickle, especially pork trimmings. b. The liquid used in pickling; brine. 3. Slang. a. A drunkard. b.
Jun 2, 2024 · From 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”).
Origin of souse 1 First recorded 1350–1400 and in 1915–20 for def. 11 ; Middle English noun souce, sows, from Old French souz, sous, souce “pickled (meat),” from Germanic (akin to salt 1 ); the verb is derivative of the noun
