Sousing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An immersing or drenching in liquid.

    "Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings."

  2. 2
    the act of making something completely wet wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of souse form-of, gerund, participle, present

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baptismbrewingburialdipdippingdousing

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"Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings."

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