soaker

Meaning

1. One who, or that which, soaks.
2. (slang) A person suffering from alcoholism.
3. A kind of knitted woollen diaper.
4. A kind of perforated hose used to distribute drips of water to a number of plants.
5. (Canada, slang) The experience of stepping in a deep puddle and having one's foot become completely engulfed in water.
6. A mixture of grains softened in water which is added to bread dough.

Synonyms

cloudburst

pelter

lush

drunkard

boozer

alcoholic

deluge

dipsomaniac

downpour

souse

toper

torrent

waterspout

alky

sponge

🧽

saturant

soaker at hip

a drenching rain

impregnant

drunk

imbiber

drinker

cracker

infiltrant

Translations

sbevazzatore

trombe

ruixat

pilloc

pitof

buidaampolles

bàtec

dipsòman

Säufer

εμποτίζων

alcoolique

alcoolisé

boisson

déluge

xàfec

Etymology

From soak + -er.