Souse

//saʊs// adv, noun, verb

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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."

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    The act of sousing, or swooping.

    "Eft fierce retourning as a foulcon fayre, / That once hath failed of her souse full neare"

  3. 3
    A sou (the French coin). obsolete
  4. 4
    Pronunciation spelling of source. Internet, US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
  5. 5
    the act of making something completely wet wordnet
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  1. 6
    Something kept or steeped in brine.; The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.; Pickled scrapple. Appalachia, US
  2. 7
    A heavy blow.

    "With that his murdrous mace he vp did reare, / That seemed nought the souse thereof could beare,"

  3. 8
    A small amount. dated
  4. 9
    pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled wordnet
  5. 10
    Something kept or steeped in brine.; The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.; Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig Caribbean
  6. 11
    a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually wordnet
  7. 12
    Something kept or steeped in brine.; A pickle made with salt.
  8. 13
    Something kept or steeped in brine.; The ear; especially, a hog's ear.
  9. 14
    The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
  10. 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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench. transitive

    "(Although I bee well soused in this showere,)"

  2. 2
    To strike, beat. dialectal, transitive
  3. 3
    cover with liquid; pour liquid onto wordnet
  4. 4
    To steep in brine; to pickle. transitive
  5. 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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  1. 6
    cook in a marinade wordnet
  2. 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."

  3. 8
    become drunk or drink excessively wordnet
  4. 9
    immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

Etymology 3

Obscure origin. Compare Middle German sûs (“noise”).

Etymology 4

Obscure origin. Compare Middle German sûs (“noise”).

Etymology 5

Obscure origin. Compare Middle German sûs (“noise”).

Etymology 6

Borrowed from French, from Old French sous (plural of sout), from Latin solidus. Compare solidus (“gold coin of the late Roman empire”).

Etymology 7

First appeared online during the Bush administration.

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