Douche

//duːʃ// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for irrigation.

    "Massage, or kneading of the whole body, is carried out in this bath after which a steam douche or a warm spray is turned upon the affected parts, according to the nature of the case."

  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    Something that produces the jet or current in the previous sense, such as a syringe.
  4. 4
    a small syringe with detachable nozzles; used for vaginal lavage and enemas wordnet
  5. 5
    A jet or spray of any liquid. obsolete

    "A douche of spray blinded my brother for a moment. When his eyes were clear of that he saw the monster had passed and was rushing landward."

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  1. 6
    Ellipsis of douchebag (“objectionable person”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, humorous, slang, vulgar

    "You say our records are offensive, (You're a douche, you're a douche.)"

Verb
  1. 1
    To administer a douche to; to shower; to douse transitive

    "[…] a frizzy half-white woman who looked as if she had fallen into a flour-sack, her face was so deep in powder, and her frizzy hair and her brown silk dress so douched with the white dust of it."

  2. 2
    direct a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning wordnet
  3. 3
    To use a douche. intransitive

    "(In a 2002 study, 58.5 percent of Black women reported douching and 35.6 percent of Hispanic women said they did the same, compared with 26.6 percent of white women.)"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French douche (“shower”), from Italian doccia (“shower”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French douche (“shower”), from Italian doccia (“shower”).

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