Definition of SOUSE

souse

Plural: souses

Noun

  • a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
  • pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
  • the act of making something completely wet
  • Something kept or steeped in brine.
  • The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
  • Something kept or steeped in brine.
  • The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
  • Pickled scrapple.
  • Something kept or steeped in brine.
  • The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
  • Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig
  • Something kept or steeped in brine.
  • A pickle made with salt.
  • Something kept or steeped in brine.
  • The ear; especially, a hog's ear.
  • The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
  • A drunkard.
  • The act of sousing, or swooping.
  • A heavy blow.
  • A sou (the French coin).
  • A small amount.
  • Pronunciation spelling of source.

Verb

Verb Forms: soused, sousing, souses

  • To immerse thoroughly in liquid; to drench or pickle.
  • cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
    • "souse water on his hot face"
  • immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
  • become drunk or drink excessively
  • cook in a marinade
    • "souse herring"
  • To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
  • To steep in brine; to pickle.
  • To strike, beat.
  • To fall heavily.
  • To pounce upon.

Adv

  • Suddenly, without warning.

Examples

  • After a bad move, he wanted to souse his tiles in water, hoping for better luck.

Origin / 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”).

Scrabble Score: 5

souse: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
souse: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
souse: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

souse: valid Words With Friends Word