douching
douching is the present participle and gerund of douche.
Meaning of douche
Verb
douche (third-person singular simple present douches, present participle douching, simple past and past participle 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.1926, D. H. Lawrence, chapter II, in The Plumed Serpent, New York: Knopf
- 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.)2023 October 1, Jordyn Holman, “Gen Z Wants Feminine Care Brands to Just Say Vagina”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Noun
douching (plural douchings)
- A washing or irrigation with a douche.
- For ordinary douchings of the vagina I use lysol, and employ entirely lysol soap for washing purposes. Carbolic acid, save for keeping silk, drainage tubes, taps, douche pipes, and other appliances in, I never employ.1900, Edinburgh Medical Journal, volume 49, page 424
Forms of douching
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Phrases with douching
Questions about douching
- What does douching mean?
- Douching means a washing or irrigation with a douche.
- What is douching the present participle and gerund of?
- Douching is the present participle and gerund of douche.
- What part of speech is douching?
- Douching is a noun.
- What is the plural of douching?
- The plural of douching is douchings.
Words near douching in the dictionary
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