adj, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A wash, an act of washing. childish, poetic, rare

   "Swishy, swishy, swashy. Give your hands a washy."

Adjective

1. 1
   Watery; damp; soft.
2. 2
   Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble.

   "washy tea"

3. 3
   Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labour. US, archaic, dialectal

   "a washy horse"

Adjective

1. 1
   having lost freshness or brilliance of color wordnet
2. 2
   overly diluted; thin and insipid wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bleacheddeaddilutedilutedfadefaded

Example

More examples

"Swishy, swishy, swashy. Give your hands a washy."

Etymology

From wash + -y.

Related phrases

wishy-washy

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