souse

Meanings

1. Something kept or steeped in brine.
2. The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
3. Pickled scrapple.
4. Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig
5. A pickle made with salt.
6. The ear; especially, a hog's ear.
7. The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
8. A drunkard.

1. To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
2. To steep in brine; to pickle.

1. The act of sousing, or swooping.
2. A heavy blow.

1. To strike, beat.
2. To fall heavily.
3. To pounce upon.

1. Suddenly, without warning.

1. A sou (the French coin).
2. A small amount.

1. Pronunciation spelling of source.

Etymology

From Middle English souse (“to salt pickle”) also a noun (“liquid for pickling,” “pickled pig parts”), from Old French sous (“preserved in salt”), from Frankish *sultija (“saltwater, brine”), from Proto-Germanic *sultijō (“saltwater, brine”). Cognate with Old Saxon sultia (“saltwater”), Old High German sulza (“brine”).