souse
IPA: sˈuz
noun
- Something kept or steeped in brine.
- The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
- (US, Appalachia) Pickled scrapple.
- (Caribbean) Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig
- A pickle made with salt.
- The ear; especially, a hog's ear.
- The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
- A person suffering from alcoholism.
- The act of sousing, or swooping.
- A heavy blow.
- (obsolete) A sou (the French coin).
- (dated) A small amount.
- (US, Internet slang) Pronunciation spelling of source. [The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.]
verb
- (transitive) To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
- (transitive) To steep in brine; to pickle.
- (now dialectal, transitive) To strike, beat.
- (now dialectal, intransitive) To fall heavily.
- (obsolete, transitive) To pounce upon.
adverb
- (now rare, dialectal) Suddenly, without warning.
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