- present participle of rinse.
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Etymology
Origin of rinsing
First recorded in 1325–75, rinsing is from the Middle English word rinsynge. See rinse, -ing 1
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In the local hospital, a modest building nestled within the hillside town's trees and high grass, healthcare workers are rinsing both floor and walls with a chlorine solution.
From Barron's ● May 24, 2026
You know to turn the faucet in the bathroom off while rinsing out your swimsuit but something distracts you.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
The dedicated staff introduced us to the elephant we’d be bathing, allowing us to each scrub a quarter of the animal before rinsing clean.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026
People should lather their hands with soap and scrub for at least 20 seconds, including the back of their hands, between their fingers and under their nails, before rinsing and drying, the CDC says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025
Taylor scooped up seawater in a large shell and poured it over the ends of her hair, rinsing out the mud.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
I rinsed our bowls with hot water and dumped the rinsings out the valve-door of the tent.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
The teeth were thoroughly brushed, followed by three rinsings of the mouth.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
It is flashy and vapid, or is like the rinsings of different liquors at a night-cellar instead of a bottle of fine old port.
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys
Underneath the spigot was a big wooden pail, two-thirds full of drippings and rinsings.
From A Trooper Galahad by Charles King
"Bless the devil, ye crop-eared knave!" exclaimed Sir Geoffrey; "for nothing less than the father of all fanatics saved your brains from being blown about like the rinsings of Beelzebub's porridge pot!"
From Peveril of the Peak by Sir Walter Scott
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