Meaning of Douche | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for irrigation.
2. Something that produces the jet or current in the previous sense, such as a syringe.
3. A jet or spray of any liquid.
   obsolete
4. Ellipsis of douchebag (“objectionable person”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, humorous, slang, vulgar

Equivalents

Examples

“Massage, or kneading of the whole body, is carried out in this bath after which a steam douche or a warm spray is turned upon the affected parts, according to the nature of the case.”

“1898 Selma Lagerlöf (trans. Pauline Bancroft Flach), The Story of Gösta Berling, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, Part II, Chapter I, p. 249 https://archive.org/details/storygstaberlin02lagegoog Earth, the great mother, begins to live. Romping like a child she rises from her bath in the spring floods, from her douche in the spring rain.”

“In the bathroom, they immersed him in a tub of warm water, and then pulled him out and put him under a cold douche.”

“A douche of spray blinded my brother for a moment. When his eyes were clear of that he saw the monster had passed and was rushing landward.”

“You say our records are offensive, (You're a douche, you're a douche.)”

“I am saying this to you, John Edward. You are a liar, you are a fake, and you are the biggest douche ever.”

“I said I've got a penchant for smokes and kicking douches in the mouth / Sadly for you my last cigarette's gone out”

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