From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
souse
n 1: a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn:
alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush,
soaker, souse]
2: pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
3: the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a
good drenching" [syn: drenching, soaking, souse,
sousing]
v 1: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his
hot face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop,
souse]
2: 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, souse,
plunge, douse]
3: become drunk or drink excessively [syn: souse, soak,
inebriate, hit it up]
4: cook in a marinade; "souse herring"