1. The act of making something completely wet
   "The sudden downpour resulted in a thorough sousing of the picnickers";
   - drenching, soaking, souse

1. Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
   "souse water on his hot face";
   - drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop
    
2. Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
   "souse the garment into the cleaning solution";
   - dunk, dip, plunge, douse
    
3. (cooking) cook in a marinade
   "souse herring"
    
4. Become drunk or drink excessively
   "They soused themselves at the New Year's party";
   - soak, inebriate

Derived forms: sousings

Type of: booze [informal], cook, drink, fuddle, hit the bottle [informal], immerse, plunge, wet, wetting

Encyclopedia: Souse