souse

views updated May 18 2018

souse / sous/ • v. [tr.] soak in or drench with liquid: souse the quilts in warm suds until thoroughly clean. ∎  [often as adj.] (soused) put (gherkins, fish, etc.) in a pickling solution or a marinade: soused herring. ∎  [as adj.] (soused) inf. drunk: I was soused to the eyeballs.• n. 1. liquid, typically salted, used for pickling. ∎  pickled food, esp. a pig's head.2. inf. a drunkard. ∎ dated a drinking bout.

souse

views updated Jun 11 2018

souse
1. To cook or steep food in vinegar; especially oily fish such as herring and mackerel.

2. Pork in gelatine with vinegar, dill pickles and sweet peppers.

souse

views updated May 14 2018

souse steep (meat, etc.) in pickle XIV; plunge in water XV; drench, soak XVI. f. (dial.) souse (XIV) pickled meat — OF. sous, souz — OS sultia, OHG. sülza (G. s¨lze) brine. Gmc. *sult- *salt- SALT
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