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washup

1.8

Washing yourself or someone else quickly to clean

noun
/ˈwɑːʃʌp/

Informal

: lavado

He needed a washup after his workout to feel clean and refreshed.

Examples

After a long day at the beach, they all enjoyed a quick washup before dinner.
After a quick washup in the chilly river, whose water now hovers around 46 degrees Fahrenheit, everyone gathers for a dinner of pasta and veggies.

Academic text (2009)
Before the meeting, she took a quick washup to refresh herself.

Synonyms

washing

vswashup

46 1.0

The act of cleaning something with water and soap

focuses on cleaning people quickly and informally

lavation

vswashup

Archaic

9.9

Washing with water and soap to make something clean

is informal and quick for cleaning people

How Thorough

bath

591 1.0

to shower

140 1.0

to wash

941 1.0

washup

Informal

1.8

sponge bath

15 3.2

Surface Forms

washup singular

washups plural

Morphology

washup = wash (transparent) = up + wash

This sense follows the fairly direct phrasal-verb pattern 'wash up' meaning to wash oneself or another person. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Washup comes from the words wash and up, with up showing a quick or complete action, like 'clean up'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a quick splash and rub to get clean, so washup can mean a short, informal washing of a person.