SOUSE

I. verb (~d; sousing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French suz, souce pickling juice, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sulza brine, Old English sealt salt Date: 14th century transitive verb pickle , 2. to plunge in liquid ; immerse , drench , saturate , to make drunk ; inebriate , intransitive verb to become immersed or drenched, II. noun Date: 14th century something pickled, an act of sousing ; wetting, 3. a habitual drunkard, a drinking spree ; binge , III. verb (~d; sousing) see: source Date: 1567 intransitive verb to swoop down ; plunge , transitive verb to swoop down on