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rinch

rinch is the alternative form of rinse.

Meaning of rinse

Verb

rinse (third-person singular simple present rinses, present participle rinsing, simple past and past participle rinsed)

  1. (transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.
    • You'd better rinse that stain before putting the shirt in the washing machine.
  2. (transitive) To remove soap from (something) using water.
    • Rinse the dishes after you wash them.
  3. (transitive) To drink and hangout with friends.
    • Let's Rinse later tonight at my house.
  4. (transitive) To swish (a liquid) around the inside of something.
    • Oscar uncapped his beer, rinsed the first mouthful around.1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, page 51
  5. (UK, slang) To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.
    • You got rinsed.

See all 8 meanings of rinse

Forms of rinch

third-person singular presentrinches
present participlerinching
past participlerinched
pastrinched

Questions about rinch

What is rinch the alternative form of?
Rinch is the alternative form of rinse.

Words near rinch in the dictionary

  1. Rinaldo
  2. Rinaldos
  3. Rinard
  4. Rinards
  5. rinatrix
  6. rinch
  7. rinched
  8. rinches
  9. rinching
  10. Rinck
  11. Rincks

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