Windex
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A window cleaner containing detergent and ammonia. uncountable
- 2 An arrow-shaped indicator of wind direction installed in mast-top.
Verb
- 1 To clean (a glass surface) using a cleaning product of this kind.
"1985, Bharati Mukherjee, “Visitors” in Darkness, Markham, Ontario: Penguin Books Canada, p. 164, But if change has come into her life as Mrs Sailen Kumar, it has seeped in so gradually that she can’t fix it with one admiring stare when she Windexes toothpaste flecks off the bathroom mirror."
Synonyms
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More examples"1985, Bharati Mukherjee, “Visitors” in Darkness, Markham, Ontario: Penguin Books Canada, p. 164, But if change has come into her life as Mrs Sailen Kumar, it has seeped in so gradually that she can’t fix it with one admiring stare when she Windexes toothpaste flecks off the bathroom mirror."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From a trade name, derived from window.
Etymology 2
From a brand of mast-top wind indicator for sailing boats, derived from wind.