Usually means: Extinguish by pouring liquid over.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. douse: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. douse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. douse, douse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. douse: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Douse, douse: Wordnik
  6. douse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Douse, douse: Wiktionary
  8. douse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. douse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. douse: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Douse, douse: Dictionary.com
  12. douse: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. douse: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Douse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. douse: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. douse: Rhymezone
  17. Douse: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. douse: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. douse: Free Dictionary
  20. douse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. douse: Dictionary/thesaurus
  22. douse: Vocabulary.com

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  1. douse: Legal dictionary

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  1. douse: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Douse (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. douse, douse: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. douse: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Douse: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
verb:  (intransitive) To fall suddenly into water.
verb:  (transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
noun:  A sudden plunging into water.
verb:  (transitive) To strike, beat, or thrash.
verb:  (transitive, nautical) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly
noun:  A blow or strike, especially to the face.
noun:  A surname.

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