douche

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

OXFORD DICTIONARY

douche, n. & v.
--n.
1 a jet of liquid applied to part of the body for cleansing or medicinal purposes.
2 a device for producing such a jet.
--v.
1 tr. treat with a douche.
2 intr. use a douche.

Etymology

F f. It. doccia pipe f. docciare pour by drops ult. f. L ductus: see DUCT

THESAURUS

douche

Finnish bath, Japanese bath, Russian bath, Swedish bath, Turkish bath, ablution, aerosol, asperge, aspergil, aspergillum, atomizer, baptize, bath, bathe, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, brew, cleaning out, clyster, cold shower, concentrate sprayer, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, dew, douching, drench, drouk, elution, elutriation, enema, flush, flush out, flushing, flushing out, fountain syringe, gargle, hip bath, holystone, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, hummum, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, inject, irrigate, irrigation, lather, lathering, launder, lavabo, lavage, lavation, lave, laving, leach, lixiviate, macerate, mist concentrate sprayer, moisten, mop, mop up, mopping, mopping up, needle bath, nozzle, paddle, percolate, permeate, plunge bath, rinse, rinse out, rinsing, ritually immerse, saturate, sauna, sauna bath, scour, scouring, scrub, scrub up, scrubbing, scrubbing up, seethe, shampoo, shower, shower bath, shower head, sitz bath, slobber, slop, slosh, sluice, sluice out, soak, soap, soaping, sodden, sop, souse, sparge, sparger, spatter, splash, splatter, sponge, sponge bath, sponging, spray, spray can, sprayer, sprinkle, sprinkler, sprinkler head, sprinkling system, steep, swab, swabbing, swash, sweat bath, syringe, toivel, tub, wash, wash out, wash up, washing, washing up, washout, washup, water, watercart, watering can, watering pot, waterlog, wet, wet down, whirlpool bath, wiping up

ROGET THESAURUS

douche

Water

N water, serum, serosity, lymph, rheum, diluent, agua, aqua, pani, dilution, maceration, lotion, washing, immersion, humectation, infiltration, spargefaction, affusion, irrigation, douche, balneation, bath, deluge, high water, flood tide, watery, aqueous, aquatic, hydrous, lymphatic, balneal, diluent, drenching, diluted, weak, wet, the waters are out.