douche /duːʃ/noun 4verb 2forms 3phrases 1 noun4 •A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for irrigation.Massage, or kneading of the whole body, is carried out in this bath after which a steam douche or a warm spray is turned upon the affected parts, according to the nature of the case. — 1892 •(slang, vulgar) Ellipsis of douchebag (“objectionable person”).You say our records are offensive, (You're a douche, you're a douche.) — 1991 •Something that produces the jet or current in the previous sense, such as a syringe. •(no longer used) A jet or spray of any liquid.A douche of spray blinded my brother for a moment. When his eyes were clear of that he saw the monster had passed and was rushing landward. — 1895 verb2 •To administer a douche to; to shower; to douse[…] a frizzy half-white woman who looked as if she had fallen into a flour-sack, her face was so deep in powder, and her frizzy hair and her brown silk dress so douched with the white dust of it. — 1926 •To use a douche.(In a 2002 study, 58.5 percent of Black women reported douching and 35.6 percent of Hispanic women said they did the same, compared with 26.6 percent of white women.) — 2023 formsdouched · douching · douches Phrases with douche douche downTo shower (oneself).
