shower

shower - English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: shou'ər, IPA: /ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/
  • (US) enPR: shou'ər, IPA: /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/

Noun

shower (plural showers)

  1. A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade).
    • 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.
  3. An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
    • I′m going to have a shower.
      (UK, Australia)
    • I′m going to take a shower.
      (especially US)
    • Synonym: 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?
    • Her church group has planned an adoption shower.
    1. A bridal shower.
      • The shower will be held at the home of the bridesmaid.
    2. A baby shower.
      • Her friends are throwing her a shower after her mom leaves.
  6. (juggling) A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.
    • See also shower (juggling) on Wikipedia.
  7. (obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict.
  8. (chiefly Ireland, UK, Australia, derogatory) A shower of shit.
  9. (chiefly Ireland, euphemistic, derogatory, with of and an invective) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier

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Verb

shower (third-person singular simple present showers, present participle showering, simple past and past participle showered)

  1. (followed by with) To spray with (a specified liquid).
  2. To bathe using a shower.
  3. To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
  4. (intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.

Synonyms

  • (bathe using a shower): have a shower (British), take a shower (especially US)

Translations

  • Bulgarian: обсипвам (bg) (obsipvam)
  • Finnish: kylvää (fi)
  • German: überschütten (mit) (de)
  • Hebrew: הִרְעִיף (he) (hir'íf)
  • Irish: biathaigh
  • Latin: superfundō
  • Portuguese: agraciar (pt), dadivar
  • Spanish: colmar (es)
  • Turkish: yağmura tutmak

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb shower

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA: /ˈʃoʊ.ɚ/

Noun

shower (plural showers)

  1. One who shows.
  2. An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
    • That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year.
  3. (slang) A man whose penis is close to its full (erect) size when flaccid, or the penis itself.
    • Antonym: grower

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shower - Swedish

Noun

shower

  1. indefinite plural of show.
Meaning and Definition of shower
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