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rinse

Pronunciation: /ɹɪns/

The English word “rinse” has 8 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.
  2. To remove soap from (something) using water.
  3. To drink and hangout with friends.
  4. To swish (a liquid) around the inside of something.
  5. To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.

noun

  1. The action of rinsing.
  2. A liquid used to rinse, now particularly a hair dye.
  3. The act of drawing water into a syringe for the purported purpose of cleaning it.

Etymology

From Middle English rinsen, rincen, rencen (“to rinse”), from Old French rincier, reinser, Old Northern French raïncer (“to rinse, cleanse”). Of contested origin. Possibly from Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną (“to clean, purify”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to separate, divide”). Alternatively from a dissimilation of Old French recincier, from Latin recentare (“to make…

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