douche
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douche
- /duːʃ/
Rhymes with -uːʃ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French douche (“shower”), from Italian doccia (“shower”).
noun douches
- 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.
- Something that produces the jet or current in the previous sense, such as a syringe.
- A jet or spray of any liquid. 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.
- Ellipsis of douchebag (“objectionable person”). You say our records are offensive, (You're a douche, you're a douche.)
verb douches · douching · douched
- To administer a douche to; to shower; to douse […] 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.
- To use a douche. (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.)
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: douche bag, dickhead, butthead, douchebag, schmuck, dipshit, putz, twerp, chump, dumbass, dumb-ass, doofus, moron, blockhead, fool, knucklehead
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noun a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
| Español | ducha |
|---|---|
| Português | duche, ducha |
| Français | douche, douche vaginale |
| Deutsch | Dusche |
| Ελληνικά | ντους ntous |
| Русский | спринцо́вка sprincóvka, душ duš |
| العربية | وَابِل wābil, دُوش dūš |
noun a syringe
| Español | jeringa |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 洗浄器 senjōki |
| 中文 | 噴射器 /喷射器 pēnshèqì, 灌水器 guànshuǐqì |
| Français | poire de lavement |
| Русский | спринцо́вка sprincóvka |
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title = {douche},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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