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shower
1[ shou-er ]
/ ˈʃaʊ ər /
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noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to rain in a shower.
to take a shower bath.
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Idioms about shower
- to replace (a pitcher) during a game, usually because he or she is ineffective: The coach sent him to the showers after he walked three batters in a row.
- to cause (a pitcher) to be replaced in a game, as by getting many hits off him or her; knock out of the box: Two home runs and a line-drive double sent her to the showers.
send to the showers, Baseball.
Origin of shower
1First recorded before 950; Middle English noun shour, shour(r)e, shouer Old English scūr, scūra; cognate with German Schauer, Old Norse skūr, Gothic skūra; the verb is derivative of the noun
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Other definitions for shower (2 of 2)
shower2
[ shoh-er ]
/ ˈʃoʊ ər /
noun
a person or thing that shows.
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British Dictionary definitions for shower (1 of 2)
shower1
/ (ˈʃaʊə) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of shower
showery, adjectiveWord Origin for shower
Old English scūr; related to Old Norse skūr, Old High German skūr shower, Latin caurus northwest wind
British Dictionary definitions for shower (2 of 2)
shower2
/ (ˈʃəʊə) /
noun
a person or thing that shows
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Other Idioms and Phrases with shower
shower
see cold shower.
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