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show-er

show-er is the nonstandard form of shower.

Meaning of shower

Noun

shower (plural showers)

  1. A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
    • Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells.
  2. A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
    Synonyms:
    shower bath
  3. An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
    • I’m going to have a shower.
    Synonyms:
    shower bath
  4. A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
    • a shower of sparks; a meteor shower; a Gatorade shower
  5. A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
    • Would male strippers be appropriate for the divorce shower?
    1. A bridal shower.
      • The shower will be held at the home of the bridesmaid.

See all 19 meanings of shower

Forms of show-er

pluralshow-ers

Origin of show-er

From show + -er. The hyphenated spelling serves to distinguish from shower (“precipitation”) and related senses, which are pronounced differently and are etymologically unrelated.

Questions about show-er

What is show-er the nonstandard form of?
Show-er is the nonstandard form of shower.

Words near show-er in the dictionary

  1. show windows
  2. show'd
  3. show, don't tell
  4. show-and-tell
  5. show-and-tells
  6. show-er
  7. show-ers
  8. show-glass
  9. show-glasses
  10. show-goer
  11. show-goers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: show-er (page history and authors); shower (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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