English Explanatory Dictionary

soak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
To absorb; to drain.
To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.

verb

(slang, boxing) To hit or strike.

noun

An immersion in water etc.
A drunkard.
A carouse; a drinking session.
A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.

Pronunciation

sōk /səʊk/ /soʊk/ en-au-soak.ogg

Word forms

soak soaks soaking soaked

Etymology

From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.

Synonyms

fleece alcoholic souse suck-pint alco alkie bacchanal bacchant barfly bibber booze artist boozehound boozer borachio bouser carouser cupster dipso dipsomaniac drinker drunk drunkard fuddlecap fuddler grog artist guzzler inebriate juicehead lick-wimble lush lusher maltworm pisshead pisspot plonko reel-pot rinse-pitcher rumpot shicker slubberdegullion soak soaker sot sponge squeeze-grape sucker swill-belly swill-bowl swill-flagon swill-pot swill-tub swillking tippler toper tosspot tun winebibber winesop wino

Derived words

asoak go soak your head oversoak presoak resoak soakable soakage soak away soakaway soaker soak in soak the runner soak up soaky water-soak soak test

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