Martinize
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To clean using the Martinizing dry-cleaning process
"“Hey, K-K-K-K. First day back's gonna be a busy one. First, I need you to go to the dry cleaners for me and find out how Martinizing works. I've always been curious. Then I need you to be back by noon to make the bathroom smell like sandalwood before I wreck it. You got that, K-PAX-O-Gum?” “I'm not Kenneth, sir. My name's Brian. Kenneth got fired at the end of last season.” “Of course. I knew that.”"
- 2 To produce a coarse-grain structure of a protein topology
Example
More examples"“Hey, K-K-K-K. First day back's gonna be a busy one. First, I need you to go to the dry cleaners for me and find out how Martinizing works. I've always been curious. Then I need you to be back by noon to make the bathroom smell like sandalwood before I wreck it. You got that, K-PAX-O-Gum?” “I'm not Kenneth, sir. My name's Brian. Kenneth got fired at the end of last season.” “Of course. I knew that.”"
Etymology
From Martin + -ize.
Related phrases
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