douse

Meaning

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
2. (intransitive) To fall suddenly into water.
3. (transitive) To put out; to extinguish.

Noun

A sudden plunging into water.

Noun

A blow or strike, especially to the face.

Synonyms

dip

dowse

immerse

souse

soak

duck

🦆

plunge

extinguish

put out

sop

dunk

drench

sink

snuff out

submerse

dampen

submerge

quench

dive

steep

slosh

wet

humidify

imbed

imbue

kill

🔪🩸👤

let

let go

liberate

loose

loosen

make

moisturise

pass off

pop

puddle

put down

rain

🌧️

recess

relax

rid

saturate

set

sheathe

shower

🚿

slack up

slake

slop

spill

splash

Translations

mojar

tremper

éteindre

mullar

apagar

ıslatmak

empapar

imergir

tuffare

apagar

spegnere

bagnare

🛀

inumidire

inzuppare

onderdompelen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/daʊs/

Etymology

Cognate with Swedish: dunsa

Cognate with Danish: dunse

Cognate with Old English: dwǣsċan

Inherited from Middle English: duschen

Cognate with Norwegian: dusa

Cognate with Old Dutch: doesen

Cognate with German: tusen

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: dössen

In summary

Probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish dunsa (“to plumb down, fall clumsily”), Danish dunse (“to thump”). Compare Old English dwǣsċan (“to extinguish”) and douse below.