noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/duːʃ/
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rhymes with -uːʃ
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1
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
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.
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Something that produces the jet or current in the previous sense, such as a syringe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A jet or spray of any liquid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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4
noun
Meaning 4
Ellipsis of douchebag (“objectionable person”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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5
verb
Meaning 5
To administer a douche to; to shower; to douse
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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6
verb
Meaning 6
To use a douche.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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7
noun
Meaning 7
irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: irrigation
8
noun
Meaning 8
a small syringe with detachable nozzles; used for vaginal lavage and enemas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: douche bag
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: syringe
9
verb
Meaning 9
direct a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cleanse, clean
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French douche (“shower”), from Italian doccia (“shower”).
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
وَابِل
(wābil)
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
Arabic:
دُوش
(dūš)
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
Arabic:
دوش
(dōšš)
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
Bulgarian:
душ
(duš)
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
Czech:
sprcha
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
Czech:
intimní sprcha
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
Czech:
vyplachovač
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
Finnish:
suihku
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
French:
douche
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
French:
douche vaginale
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
German:
Dusche
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
Greek:
ντους
(ntous)
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
Portuguese:
duche
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
Portuguese:
ducha
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
Russian:
спринцо́вка
(sprincóvka)
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
Russian:
душ
(duš)
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
Serbo-Croatian:
tuše
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
Spanish:
ducha
— a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally
