soaker

/'soukə/
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soaker

A sudden soaker left the garden refreshed.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually: A derogatory term for someone who is frequently and heavily drunk; a drunkard.
    • A heavy rain: A sudden and very intense period of rainfall; a downpour.
Usage Examples

  • Noun (Person):

    • After losing his job, he became a soaker, spending all his money at the bar.
    • The town knew him as a harmless old soaker who slept on park benches.

  • Noun (Rain):

    • We were caught in a real soaker without our umbrellas and got completely drenched.
    • The garden needed a good soaker to help the new plants take root.
Advanced Usage
  • "A real soaker": An intensifier used to emphasize the severity of a rainstorm.
    • That wasn't just rain; it was a real soaker that flooded the streets.
Variants and Related Words
  • Soak (verb): To make something very wet by leaving it in liquid; to absorb liquid.
    • Soak the beans in water overnight.
  • Soaking (adjective/noun): Extremely wet; the act of making something wet.
    • We came home soaking after the storm.
  • Soaked (adjective): Completely wet.
    • My clothes were soaked through.
Synonyms
  • For a person: Drunkard, alcoholic, inebriate, lush, souse.
  • For rain: Downpour, deluge, cloudburst, torrent.
Related Phrases
  • "Soak it up": To absorb liquid or, figuratively, to enjoy an experience fully.
    • The dry ground quickly soaked up the rain.
    • She sat on the beach, soaking up the sun.
Idioms
  • "Soaked to the skin": Completely wet.
    • The soaker left us soaked to the skin.
soaker

A sudden soaker left the garden refreshed.

Noun
  1. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
  2. a heavy rain

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