souse
Steep in brine
Souse means to drench or soak thoroughly, especially in liquid: She soused the cloth in vinegar.
The word extends to pickling food in brine or vinegar—soused herring, pig's feet, or other meats.
As a noun, souse refers to pickled food or the brine itself.
In slang, a souse is a drunkard, and soused means drunk: He got soused at the wedding reception.
Chronic heavy drinker
- tipplerRegular light drinker
- boozerHabitual heavy drinker
- alcoholicAddicted to drinking
- lushRichly abundant in growth
toper · sot · wino · inebriate · guzzler · imbiber · rummy · bibber
Plunge beneath liquid
- dunkBriefly submerge in liquid
- plungeSudden steep descent
- dipBrief immersion or condiment
- drenchSoak something completely
soak · douse · steep · bathe · saturate · wet · duck · engulf
drunkard
Chronic heavy drinker
lush · toper · sot · wino · inebriate · guzzler · imbiber · rummy · bibber · soak
submerge
Plunge beneath liquid
drench · soak · douse · steep · bathe · saturate · wet · duck · engulf · flood
drunk
Impaired by alcohol
wasted · sloshed · inebriated · blotto · pickled · stewed · soaked · liquored · besotted · fuddled
brine
Water saturated with sodium
gherkin · cucumber · dill · headcheese · tripe · offal · ears · trotters · snout · tongue
- Bahamian foodconch, conch fritters, conch chowder, peas and rice, johnny cake
- drinkersdrinker, drinkers, imbiber, imbibers, drunk
- cooking termsbaste, baking, blanch, braise, roasting
- cured meatsbacon, ham steak, pancetta, prosciutto, salami
- jellied foodsaspic, head cheese, brawn, jellied eels, headcheese
- boiled meatsboiled beef, boiled chicken, boiled ham, corned beef, salt beef
souseteetotaler
Complete abstainer from liquor
abstainer · nondrinker · teetotaller · teetotalist · prohibitionist
- sweet and sour sauceSugary-acidic Asian condiment
- sous chefKitchen's second-in-command
- sweet-and-sour sauceTart-sugary Chinese condiment
- sous videCooking in sealed bags