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- 1 Suddenly, without warning. archaic, dialectal, not-comparable
"Mr Nash […] suddenly taking the gentleman by the collar of his coat, and waistband of his breeches, threw him souse over the parapet to the object of his love."
- 1 Something kept or steeped in brine.; The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
"And he that can rear up a pig in his house, / Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse."
- 2 The act of sousing, or swooping.
"Eft fierce retourning as a foulcon fayre, / That once hath failed of her souse full neare"
- 3 A sou (the French coin). obsolete
- 4 Pronunciation spelling of source. Internet, US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
- 5 the act of making something completely wet wordnet
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- 6 Something kept or steeped in brine.; The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.; Pickled scrapple. Appalachia, US
- 7 A heavy blow.
"With that his murdrous mace he vp did reare, / That seemed nought the souse thereof could beare,"
- 8 A small amount. dated
- 9 pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled wordnet
- 10 Something kept or steeped in brine.; The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.; Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig Caribbean
- 11 a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually wordnet
- 12 Something kept or steeped in brine.; A pickle made with salt.
- 13 Something kept or steeped in brine.; The ear; especially, a hog's ear.
- 14 The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
- 15 A drunkard.
""If there's any, giving in charge here I'll give you in charge for sneaking my beer, you slop-bellied old souse!" exclaimed Peter."
- 1 To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench. transitive
"(Although I bee well soused in this showere,)"
- 2 To strike, beat. dialectal, transitive
- 3 cover with liquid; pour liquid onto wordnet
- 4 To steep in brine; to pickle. transitive
- 5 To fall heavily. dialectal, intransitive
"Him so transfixed she before her bore / Beyond his croupe, the length of all her launce; / Till, sadly soucing on the sandy shore, / He tombled on an heape, and wallowd in his gore."
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- 6 cook in a marinade wordnet
- 7 To pounce upon. obsolete, transitive
"[The gallant monarch] like an eagle o'er his eyrie towers, / To souse annoyance that comes near his nest."
- 8 become drunk or drink excessively wordnet
- 9 immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate wordnet
Etymology
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”). Cognate with Old Saxon sultia (“saltwater”), Old High German sulza (“brine”).
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”). Cognate with Old Saxon sultia (“saltwater”), Old High German sulza (“brine”).
Obscure origin. Compare Middle German sûs (“noise”).
Obscure origin. Compare Middle German sûs (“noise”).
Obscure origin. Compare Middle German sûs (“noise”).
Borrowed from French, from Old French sous (plural of sout), from Latin solidus. Compare solidus (“gold coin of the late Roman empire”).
First appeared online during the Bush administration.
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