name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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name
A surname.
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noun
A sudden plunging into water.
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noun
A blow or strike, especially to the face.
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verb
To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
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verb
To fall suddenly into water.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To put out; to extinguish.
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verb
To strike, beat, or thrash.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly
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Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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verb
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: drench, dowse, soak, sop, souse
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Broader terms: wet
Narrower terms: brine, bedraggle, draggle, bate, ret, sluice, flush
verb
slacken
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dowse
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Broader terms: slacken, remit
verb
lower quickly
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Broader terms: roll up, furl
verb
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dunk, dip, souse, plunge
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Broader terms: immerse, plunge
Narrower terms: sop, dip, douse, duck, dabble
verb
dip into a liquid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dip, duck
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Broader terms: dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
verb
wet thoroughly
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Synonyms: dowse
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Broader terms: wet
verb
put out, as of a candle or a light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: put out
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Broader terms: snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
History
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.
From Middle English duschen, dusshen (“to rush, fall”), related to Norwegian dusa (“to break, cast down from”), Old Dutch doesen (“to beat, strike”), dialectal German tusen, dusen (“to strike, run against, collide”), Saterland Frisian dössen (“to strike”). Compare doss, dust.
Across languages
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