soaking-up ( synonym found)

Definition of soaking-up:

°Present participle of soak.
°Immersed in water; a drenching or dunking.
"1906 "We came on a wild-goose chase", grumbled one, as he stirred the fire. "Got nothing but a soaking for our pains". -- Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy,"
°Pertaining to things that soak, or become extremely wet.

Definition of soaking-up:

°Present participle of soak.
°Immersed in water; a drenching or dunking.
"1906 "We came on a wild-goose chase", grumbled one, as he stirred the fire. "Got nothing but a soaking for our pains". -- Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy,"
°Pertaining to things that soak, or become extremely wet.

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