shower
shower - English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: shou'ər, IPA: /ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/
- (US) enPR: shou'ər, IPA: /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/
Noun
shower (plural showers)
- 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.
- 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.
- Synonym: shower bath
- 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
- A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
- a shower of sparks; a meteor shower; a Gatorade shower
- 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.
- A bridal shower.
- The shower will be held at the home of the bridesmaid.
- A baby shower.
- Her friends are throwing her a shower after her mom leaves.
- (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.
- (obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict.
- (chiefly Ireland, UK, Australia, derogatory) A shower of shit.
- (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)
- (followed by with) To spray with (a specified liquid).
- To bathe using a shower.
- To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
- (intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.
Synonyms
- (bathe using a shower): have a shower (British), take a shower (especially US)
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Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun or verb shower
- air shower
- aluminium shower
- aluminum shower
- April shower
- baby shower
- Bogan shower
- bridal shower
- brown shower
- cold shower
- come down in the last shower
- cowboy shower
- early shower
- electric shower
- false shower
- golden shower
- golden shower boy
- golden shower queen
- golden shower tree
- half-shower
- hit the shower
- Hollywood shower
- lingerie shower
- mango shower
- meteor shower
- navy shower
- platinum shower
- power shower
- rain shower
- rainbow shower
- Roman shower
- scattered shower
- send someone to the showers
- shower attachment
- shower bath
- shower cap
- shower curtain
- shower down
- shower gel
- shower head
- shower in a can
- shower of shite
- shower rail
- shower rose
- shower shoe
- shower tea
- shower thought
- shower tray
- shower unit
- shower with
- showerhead
- showery
- snow shower
- snowshower
- star shower
- star-shower
- suicide shower
- sulfur shower
- sulphur shower
- sun shower
- Swiss shower
- telephone shower
- thought shower
- tub-shower
- Vichy shower
- wedding shower
- wintry shower
Alternative forms
- show-er (nonstandard)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA: /ˈʃoʊ.ɚ/
Noun
shower (plural showers)
- One who shows.
- An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
- That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year.
- (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
- indefinite plural of show.