souse

Noun

• the act of making something completely wet
  • he gave it a good drenching
    

• pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled

• a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

Verb

• cook in a marinade
  • souse herring
    

• become drunk or drink excessively

• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
  • dip the garment into the cleaning solution
    
  • dip the brush into the paint
    

• cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
  • souse water on his hot face
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  drenching , soaking , sousing , alcoholic , alky , dipsomaniac , boozer , lush , soaker , soak , inebriate , hit it up , dunk , dip , plunge , douse , drench , dowse , sop