Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who or that which soaks. That which steeps, wets, or drenches, as a rain.
- n. A habitual drinker; one accustomed to drink spirituous liquors to excess; a toper.
Wiktionary
- n. One who soaks.
- n. A person suffering from the disease of alcoholism.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who, or that which, soaks.
- n. A hard drinker.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a heavy rain
- n. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
Examples
“The recipe calls for two pre-doughs, a biga (Italian bread starter), which has to be refrigerated overnight, and a soaker, which is some of the flour (in this case-- it can also be whole grains) with liquid and sometimes a little salt.”
“The night before you want to bake, combine all the "soaker" ingredients in a small bowl.”
“One day he received a "soaker" of a snowball in his left ear while hurrying to the gymnasium.”
The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods
“VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - It's a yearly reminder, that could save you from getting a 'soaker'.”
“Full many a lad fell on the battlements that were thrown up in haste, only to rise again and fight until a "soaker," wrung out in the gutter and laid away to harden in the frost, caught him in the eye and sent him to the rear, a reeling, bawling invalid, but prouder of his hurt than any veteran of his scars, just as his gang carried the band stand by storm and drove the Seventh-streeters from the Garden in ignominious flight.”
“So tonight we move out again, to our own place, where I can drink a beer and sit on the patio with my super-soaker, keeping the parking lot safe from drunken idiots with illegal fireworks on my small rented patch of America.”
“Calling the storm a "super soaker," forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said it could dump 10 to 15 inches of rain throughout the region and trigger a storm surge of two to four feet.”
The Wall Street Journal: New Tropical Storm Threatens the Gulf
“The fully-furnished one-bedroom apartment boasted all the amenities you could ask for: a luxury bedroom, a spacious bathroom with both a big soaker tub and a rainhead shower, a fully equipped kitchen and a stylish, comfy living room.”
The Huffington Post: Natalie Bahadur: Three Nights in Bangkok
“Are you a chronic soaker of pricey gizmos, or are you just more careful than I am?”
“I like that, super-soaker for Mom from the lawnchair … Must do that this summer.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘soaker’.
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Sot
a partaker of a dram too many. consult also whichbe's Drunkie list
sot, toper, drunkard, boozehound, tosspot, wino, lick-wimble, souse, lush, alky, juicer, inebriate and 47 more...
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