Other forms: soused; sousing; souses
When you souse something, you plunge it into water or another liquid. If your little dog gets sprayed by a skunk, you'll want to souse him in a perfumed bubble bath to get the smell out.
This word originally meant "plunge into vinegar" or "pickle," and you can still use it that way: "Let's souse these little cucumbers from the garden." The Germanic root of souse is related to pickling, meaning "brine" or "salt." You can also use souse as a noun: "Fido, you stink! Time for a good souse!" These days, it's also commonly used in an informal, figurative way to mean "intoxicated."