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🧴 A cleaning brand 🧴 A glass cleaner 🧼 To clean glass
to Windex

to Windex

1 5.5
To clean glass or mirrors with a spray of glass cleaner
  • verb
  • /ˈwɪndɛks/
  • Informal
translation icon : limpiar con Windex
  • And The thing is, all I'm doing with you guys today, coming in here straight from off the plane, so I'm putting some Windex on your glass eyes.

Examples

  • The teacher asked us to Windex the classroom windows before the school inspection.

  • And Windex our fingerprints off now.

    Pain & Gain (2013)

  • Like Windex ain't going to help thinking of with that blue spray and spray it on.

  • He kept the trophy room immaculate, the cases windexed, plaques polished, and lights bright.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Chore points were allotted for voluntary chores: five points for Ajaxing the bathtub, three points for Windexing the kitchen cabinets, and one point for Lemon-Pledging the coffee table.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • After my child smeared juice on the window, I had to Windex it to make it clear again.

  • Before the guests arrived, she quickly Windexed the glass table to remove any smudges.

Synonyms

to squeegee
vsto Windex
1 6.0

To remove water from windows by moving a rubber blade across them

cleans using a liquid spray cleaner rather than just wiping
to demist
vsto Windex
7.9

To remove steam from a window or mirror

cleans with a chemical spray to remove dirt rather than only moisture
to defog
vsto Windex
4.1

Remove fog from glass like car windows or mirrors

cleans with a liquid spray for general dirt not only fog removal

How Clean

to scrub
55 1.0
to Windex
  • Informal
1 5.5
to clean
∞ 1.0
to wipe
531 1.0

Surface Forms

Windex infinitive
Windexed past
Windexed past participle
Windexing present participle
Windexes third person singular

Etymology

Windex used as a verb comes from the brand name; people say 'to Windex' when they wipe glass with that cleaner, so the verb means 'to clean something with a glass cleaner'.