soak
verb
- to wet with liquid so as to cause thorough saturation
noun
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Pronunciation: /səʊk/ / /soʊk/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.
- An immersion in water etc.
“After the strenuous climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath.”
“wildlife tourism has turned Knepp into a successful business that employs more people than it did when it was a farm. Springtime overnighters snuggling down in a luxury treehouse after a soak in the open-air, wood-fired Swedish Hikki bathtub may hear nightingales serenading their consorts”
- A drunkard.
- A carouse; a drinking session.
- A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
“I set off early to walk along the Melbourne Road where, one of the punters had told me, there was a soak with plenty of frogs in it.”
“Molly and Daisy finished their breakfast and decided to take all their dirty clothes and wash them in the soak further down the river.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.
- (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
“Wasn't Mr. Sipperley pretty shirty when he came to and found that you had been soaking him with putters?”