What is the meaning of souse?

noun

• A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.
  • synonyms: alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker
• Pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled.
• The act of making something completely wet.
  • usage: "he gave it a good drenching"
  • synonyms: drenching, soaking, sousing

verb

• Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.
  • usage: "souse water on his hot face"
  • synonyms: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop
• Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.
  • usage: "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
  • synonyms: dunk, dip, plunge, douse
• Become drunk or drink excessively.
  • synonyms: soak, inebriate, hit it up
• Cook in a marinade.
  • usage: "souse herring"