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souse

Dictionary definition · souse

noun

  1. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
  2. pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
  3. the act of making something completely wet"he gave it a good drenching"

verb

  1. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto"souse water on his hot face"
  2. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate"dip the garment into the cleaning solution"
  3. become drunk or drink excessively
  4. cook in a marinade"souse herring"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).