'Douse' definitions:
Definition of 'douse'
(from WordNet)
verb
Put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights" [syn: douse, put out]
verb
Wet thoroughly [syn: douse, dowse]
verb
verb
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]
verb
Lower quickly; "douse a sail"
verb
Slacken; "douse a rope" [syn: douse, dowse]
verb
Definition of 'Douse'
From: GCIDE
- Douse \Douse\, v. i. To fall suddenly into water. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Douse'
From: GCIDE
- Douse \Douse\, v. t. [AS. dw[ae]scan. (Skeat.)] To put out; to extinguish; as, douse the lights. [Slang] " To douse the glim." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Douse'
From: GCIDE
- Douse \Douse\ (dous), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doused (doust); p. pr. & vb. n. Dousing.] [Cf. Dowse, and OD. donsen to strike with the fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and noisily; perh. akin to E. din.]
- 1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'douse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bang,
- baptize,
- bash,
- bat,
- belt,
- blow out,
- bop,
- bury,
- cast off,
- choke,
- crack,
- damp,
- deluge,
- dip,
- doff,
- drench,
- drop,
- drown,
- duck,
- dunk,
- engulf,
- extinguish,
- immerge,
- immerse,
- inundate,
- merge,
- out,
- overwhelm,
- plash,
- plunge in water,
- put off,
- put out,
- quench,
- remove,
- sink,
- slack,
- slam,
- slip out of,
- slop,
- slosh,
- smack,
- smash,
- smother,
- snuff,
- snuff out,
- soak,
- sop,
- souse,
- spatter,
- splatter,
- splosh,
- splurge,
- spurtle,
- stamp out,
- step out of,
- stifle,
- submerge,
- submerse,
- swash,
- take off,
- throw off,
- undo,
- unwrap,
- wet,
- whelm