Douche

English

Noun

Douche (plural douche)

1. A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally (especially in reference to vaginal irrigation.)
2. Something that produces the jet or current in the previous sense.
3. A syringe used for that process.
4. (pejorative) A douche bag.

Verb

Douche (third-person singular simple present Douches, present participle douching, simple past and past participle douched)

1. To use a douche.

Thesaurus

Finnish bath, Japanese bath, Russian bath, Swedish bath, Turkish bath, ablution, aerosol, asperge, aspergil, aspergillum, atomizer, baptize, bath, bathe, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, brew, cleaning out, clyster, cold shower, concentrate sprayer, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, dew, douching, drench, drouk, elution, elutriation, enema, flush, flush out, flushing, flushing out, fountain syringe, gargle, hip bath, holystone, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, hummum, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, inject, irrigate, irrigation, lather, lathering, launder, lavabo, lavage, lavation, lave, laving, leach, lixiviate, macerate, mist concentrate sprayer, moisten, mop, mop up, mopping, mopping up, needle bath, nozzle, paddle, percolate, permeate, plunge bath, rinse, rinse out, rinsing, ritually immerse, saturate, sauna, sauna bath, scour, scouring, scrub, scrub up, scrubbing, scrubbing up, seethe, shampoo, shower, shower bath, shower head, sitz bath, slobber, slop, slosh, sluice, sluice out, soak, soap, soaping, sodden, sop, souse, sparge, sparger, spatter, splash, splatter, sponge, sponge bath, sponging, spray, spray can, sprayer, sprinkle, sprinkler, sprinkler head, sprinkling system, steep, swab, swabbing, swash, sweat bath, syringe, toivel, tub, wash, wash out, wash up, washing, washing up, washout, washup, water, watercart, watering can, watering pot, waterlog, wet, wet down, whirlpool bath, wiping up

Pronunciation

• IPA: /duːʃ/

  Rhymes: -uːʃ