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Meanings of souse in English

Portuguese
borracho
Catalan
borratxo
Spanish
dipsómano

A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.

      borracho
      Portuguese
      impregnação
      Catalan
      remull

      The act of making something completely wet.

            impregnação
            Portuguese
            demolhar
            Catalan
            rentar
            Spanish
            empapar

            Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.

                  demolhar
                  Portuguese
                  imergir
                  Catalan
                  ruixar
                  Spanish
                  empapar

                  Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.

                        imergir
                        Usage of souse in English
                        1
                        They souse themselves in water that has been heated to 140 deg.
                        Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II / From Teheran To Yoko...
                        2
                        This, and enough, premised, I go souse into my personal history.
                        Memoirs of Fanny Hill / A New and Genuine Edition from the Origi...
                        3
                        Killin' time, you know-makesyou think of boiling souse and head-cheese.
                        The Desert and the Sown
                        4
                        GLADYS: Ah, then he will have to cut out his souse.
                        Writing for Vaudeville
                        5
                        So you hadn't heard how Bud's turned out to be a regular souse?
                        Cabin Fever
                        6
                        Then I plunged down, slid over the rocks, and went souse into the spring.
                        The Young Forester
                        7
                        Despair would grab him and he'd be Oscar with the souse thing for sure.
                        Get Next!
                        8
                        Then, without a pause, he went souse into the water.
                        Bog-Myrtle and Peat / Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from th...
                        9
                        You ever eat souse? The packer sucked in his breath with a lean smile.
                        The Desert and the Sown
                        10
                        Broiled like a steak, buttered, peppered, &c. Some people like it prepared like souse.
                        The American Frugal Housewife
                        11
                        Shut that- "herea souse would stop his breath,-"shutthat furnace door!
                        The Veiled Lady, and Other Men and Women
                        12
                        Then came a big souse, that covered those who remained in the boat with spray.
                        Out with Gun and Camera; or, The Boy Hunters in the Mountains
                        13
                        When they came into view I knew the bell had rung on Sabrina, the souse.
                        The Sorrows of a Show Girl: A Story of the Great "White Way"
                        14
                        I thought it was Nathan, and was going to send you souse into the river.
                        The Virginians
                        15
                        The feet are usually used for souse and jelly.
                        The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) / Cooking, Toilet and Household R...
                        16
                        They do not think whom they souse with spray.
                        Leaves of Grass
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