"douse" Definition

  1. to put out; “DOUSE that glim,” put out that candle. In Norfolk this expression is DOUT, which is clearly for DO OUT. Sometimes DOUSE means to rinse; and sometimes to throw water, clean or dirty, over any one, is to “DOUSE it.”

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Position in the dictionary: 1048 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: dove-tart, dovercourt, dowd, dowlas, down, down the road, down to the ground, downer, downs, downy
Previous words in the dictionary: doughy, doublet, double-shuffle, double up, double lines, double cross, double, dot and go one, dossing-ken, doss

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