dousing

Plural: dousings

Noun

• the act of wetting something by submerging it
• The act by which something is doused.

Verb

• put out, as of a candle or a light
• wet thoroughly
• dip into a liquid
• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
• lower quickly
• slacken
• cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
• present participle and gerund of douse

Synonyms

dip, douse, dowse, drench, duck, ducking, dunk, immersion, plunge, put out, soak, sop, souse, submersion