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Soused

adjective
1.
Very drunk.  Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet.


Souse

verb
(past & past part. soused; pres. part. sousing)
1.
Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.  Synonyms: douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop.
2.
Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.  Synonyms: dip, douse, dunk, plunge.  "Dip the brush into the paint"
3.
Become drunk or drink excessively.  Synonyms: hit it up, inebriate, soak.
4.
Cook in a marinade.





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"Soused" Quotes from Famous Books



... quite pleased to see that we laughed with him. "It don't look like it was in the nature of things, somehow, does it? Fact, though, he did indeed. Shoved me right in, so quick I didn't know what the Devil was the matter, until I soused kersplash! and see him taking out ...
— Atlantic Monthly Vol. 6, No. 33, July, 1860 • Various
... fellow was dazed by the blow, and could not get his breath to scream. The next moment Baizley had seized him by the legs and soused him in the pool. When he came out again he found his voice, and a long shriek of pain and terror went through Mr. Hand's ...
— The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage • Charles G. D. Roberts
... thought, but the disaster reached further. Hastily fetching a pail of water, he soused it over the steps, with the result that all the whitening came off and mingled with the milk upon the tiles. A second pail only heightened the deplorable aspect, and he splashed large quantities of the water over his trousers and boots. He felt it running through his socks. It ...
— Essays in Rebellion • Henry W. Nevinson
... the Dragon, with a sigh like a weary earthquake. His blood spouted upon Siegfried and burnt his hand like fire. As the blood soused him, a little ...
— Operas Every Child Should Know - Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces • Mary Schell Hoke Bacon
... consorts with the gay Willie. I saw them come off the boat together this morning and I knew that the whole Scudder Meeting House would be in a glum over their being together. Would you mind telling me just why you soused your tea into his face? It would make a corking story for my morning edition. Did you know them or did you know the lady or did you ...
— The Daredevil • Maria Thompson Daviess


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