a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

[ Syn: alcoholic , alky , dipsomaniac , boozer , lush , soaker ]

pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled

the act of making something completely wet; he gave it a good drenching

[ Syn: drenching , soaking , sousing ]

cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; souse water on his hot face

[ Syn: drench , douse , dowse , soak , sop ]

immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; dip the garment into the cleaning solution; dip the brush into the paint

[ Syn: dunk , dip , plunge , douse ]

become drunk or drink excessively

[ Syn: soak , inebriate , hit it up ]

cook in a marinade; souse herring'