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douche
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun douche has 2 senses
- douche(n = noun.artifact) douche bag - a small syringe with detachable nozzles; used for vaginal lavage and enemas; Array is a kind of syringe
- douche(n = noun.act) Array - irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents; Array is a kind of irrigation
Derived form verb douche1
Derived form verb douche1
Verb douche has 1 sense
- douche(v = verb.body) Array - direct a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning; Array is one way to clean, cleanse
Derived forms noun douche2, noun douche1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
OXFORD DICTIONARY
douche, n. & v.
--n.
1 a jet of liquid applied to part of the body for cleansing or medicinal purposes.
2 a device for producing such a jet.
--v.
1 tr. treat with a douche.
2 intr. use a douche.
--n.
1 a jet of liquid applied to part of the body for cleansing or medicinal purposes.
2 a device for producing such a jet.
--v.
1 tr. treat with a douche.
2 intr. use a douche.
Etymology
F f. It. doccia pipe f. docciare pour by drops ult. f. L ductus: see DUCT
THESAURUS
douche
Finnish bath, Japanese bath, Russian bath, Swedish bath, Turkish bath, ablution, aerosol, asperge, aspergil, aspergillum, atomizer, baptize, bath, bathe, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, brew, cleaning out, clyster, cold shower, concentrate sprayer, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, dew, douching, drench, drouk, elution, elutriation, enema, flush, flush out, flushing, flushing out, fountain syringe, gargle, hip bath, holystone, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, hummum, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, inject, irrigate, irrigation, lather, lathering, launder, lavabo, lavage, lavation, lave, laving, leach, lixiviate, macerate, mist concentrate sprayer, moisten, mop, mop up, mopping, mopping up, needle bath, nozzle, paddle, percolate, permeate, plunge bath, rinse, rinse out, rinsing, ritually immerse, saturate, sauna, sauna bath, scour, scouring, scrub, scrub up, scrubbing, scrubbing up, seethe, shampoo, shower, shower bath, shower head, sitz bath, slobber, slop, slosh, sluice, sluice out, soak, soap, soaping, sodden, sop, souse, sparge, sparger, spatter, splash, splatter, sponge, sponge bath, sponging, spray, spray can, sprayer, sprinkle, sprinkler, sprinkler head, sprinkling system, steep, swab, swabbing, swash, sweat bath, syringe, toivel, tub, wash, wash out, wash up, washing, washing up, washout, washup, water, watercart, watering can, watering pot, waterlog, wet, wet down, whirlpool bath, wiping upROGET THESAURUS
douche
Water
N water, serum, serosity, lymph, rheum, diluent, agua, aqua, pani, dilution, maceration, lotion, washing, immersion, humectation, infiltration, spargefaction, affusion, irrigation, douche, balneation, bath, deluge, high water, flood tide, watery, aqueous, aquatic, hydrous, lymphatic, balneal, diluent, drenching, diluted, weak, wet, the waters are out.
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