Noun: soaker sow-ku(r)
- A heavy rainstorm
"The soaker caught hikers off guard";
- downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, gullywasher [US, informal]
- [informal] A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
"The soaker was a regular at the local bar";
- alcoholic, alky [informal], dipsomaniac, boozer [informal], lush [N. Amer, informal], souse [informal], alco [Austral], rumpot [N. Amer, informal], tosspot [informal], dipso [informal], winebibber [archaic], alkie [informal], drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino [informal]
Derived forms: soakers
Type of: drinker, imbiber [informal], juicer [N. Amer, informal], rain, rainfall, soak [informal], sponge [informal], toper [literary]