douche
noun
a jet or current of water, sometimes with a dissolved medicating or cleansing agent, applied to a body part, organ, or cavity for medicinal or hygienic purposes.
douched
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past participleof douche.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof douche.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
douchenouna jet or current of water, sometimes with a dissolved medicating or cleansing agent, applied to a body part, organ, or cavity for medicinal or hygienic purposes.
Example Sentences
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Back in 1985, according to the National Survey of Family Growth, 37 percent of American women aged 15-44 regularly douched.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2011
Then she was douched with bicarbonate and bore four males, two females.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had been douched daily, and calculated on such a force as he experienced.
From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd
They had had visions of dire jests and grievous humiliations: of finding themselves suddenly astride the bare backs of berserk mules, or hoisted by blazing petards, or douched with mysterious cascades of icy water.
From Pipefuls by Christopher Morley
The general health is improved by a nourishing diet and by cod-liver oil and tonics; and the legs and feet are douched and massaged thrice daily.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
