Definitions
washing something by allowing it to soak
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English soukynge. By surface analysis, soak + -ing. First attested in c. 1440 in the Promptorium parvulorum.
Used in a sentence
“"We came on a wild-goose chase", grumbled one, as he stirred the fire. "Got nothing but a soaking for our pains".”
“That's probably why everyone is already having anal sex in ninth grade. I mean, let's face it, even the Mormons are soaking.”
“I shuddered as I stood and looked round me: it was an inclement day for outdoor exercise; not positively rainy, but darkened by a drizzling yellow fog; all under foot was still soaking wet with the floods of yesterday.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Thoroughly wet”7 letters
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