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Added 29 September 2026

shower

/ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/ noun

In Latin: catachytlum, nāsiterna Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about shower at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells.
A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
I’m going to have a shower.

verb

To spray with (a specified liquid) .
To bathe using a shower.
To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
He showered his new partner with expensive gifts.

noun

One who shows.
An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year.
A person whose penis is close to its erect size when flaccid; the penis itself. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Origin

From Middle English schour (“shower”), from Old English sċūr (“shower”), from Proto-West Germanic *skūru (“shower”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“storm, short shower”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north, north wind, cold wind, rain shower”).

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