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rinse and repeat

rinse and repeat is the alternative form of lather.

Meaning of lather

Noun

lather (countable and uncountable, plural lathers)

  1. The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
    • Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 3
    Synonyms:
    suds, soap suds
  2. Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
  3. (countable) A state of agitation.

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Questions about rinse and repeat

What is rinse and repeat the alternative form of?
Rinse and repeat is the alternative form of lather.

Words near rinse and repeat in the dictionary

  1. rinsate
  2. rinsates
  3. rinse
  4. rinse aid
  5. rinse aids
  6. rinse and repeat
  7. rinse down
  8. rinse off
  9. rinse out
  10. rinse outs
  11. rinse-pitcher

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