Etymology 1
From Middle English shour, from Old English sċūr, from Proto-West Germanic *skūru, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). Cognate with Dutch schoer, German Schauer, Old Norse skúr, Norwegian skur, Swedish skur.
Noun
shower (plural showers)
- 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.
2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:Occasionally, the sun pierces the clouds like a searchlight to illuminate a feature such as a farm, copse or stream, before being overwhelmed by an advancing shower. Wordsworth would have loved it!
- 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.
- Synonym: shower bath
- An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
I’m going to have a shower.
(UK, Australia)
I’m going to take a shower.
(especially US)
- Synonym: shower bath
- A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
a shower of sparks; a meteor shower; a Gatorade shower
- A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
Would male strippers be appropriate for the divorce shower?
Her church group has planned an adoption shower.
- A bridal shower.
The shower will be held at the home of the bridesmaid.
- A baby shower.
Her friends are throwing her a shower after her mom leaves.
- (juggling) A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.
- See also shower (juggling) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict.
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xiiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XX:With this I maye be sure to come sauf / and goo sauf / and that the quene shal haue her lyberte as she had before / and neuer for no thynge that hath ben surmysed afore this tyme / she neuer fro this day stande in no peryll / for els sayd sir launcelot I dare auenture me to kepe her from an harder shoure than euer I kepte her- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (chiefly Ireland, UK, Australia, derogatory) A shower of shit.
- 1956, Private's Progress (motion picture):
- You all behaved like a shower, now you are to be treated like a shower
- (chiefly Ireland, euphemistic, derogatory, with of and an invective) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier
1991, Allen Feldman, Formations of Violence: The Narrative of the Body and Political Terror in Northern Ireland, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 208, →ISBN:It was one of the worst feelings in the H-Block, one of the worst experiences to sit and listen to somebody getting beat. Because you were totally powerless, and you would always get somebody shouting at the door, “You shower of bastards!” It was always a crowd of screws and one or two naked men in a cell. They had total control.
- (British, informal, in the singular) A group of people perceived as incompetent or worthless.
2023 October 18, Christian Wolmar, “The back of a fag packet used for unworkable rail plans”, in RAIL, number 994, page 45:But when I tweeted it out, most of the responses (from the more than one million viewers) were along the lines of: 'what do you expect from this shower?
Descendants
- → Hindi: शावर (śāvar)
- → Japanese: シャワー (shawā)
- → Korean: 샤워 (syawo)
- → Pashto: شاور (šāwar)
- → Persian: شاور (šâvar) (Dari)
- → Urdu: شاوَر (śāvar)
Translations
brief fall of rain
- Arabic: شَتْوَة f (šatwa), مَطْرَة f (maṭra)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܵܪܝܼܦ̮ܬܵܐ f (zāriftā), ܣܲܓ݂ܪܵܐ m (saḡrā)
- Basque: zaparrada
- Belarusian: до́жджык m (dóždžyk)
- Bulgarian: преваля́ване n (prevaljávane), дъжд (bg) m (dǎžd)
- Catalan: ruixat (ca) m, xàfec (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 陣雨/阵雨 (zh) (zhènyǔ), 小雨 (zh) (xiǎoyǔ)
- Czech: přeháňka (cs) f
- Dutch: regenbui (nl) f, bui (nl) f, schoer (nl) m
- Esperanto: pluveto
- Faroese: æl n
- Finnish: sadekuuro (fi), kuuro (fi)
- French: averse (fr) f, ondée (fr) f
- German: Schauer (de) m, Fälle (de) f
- Greek: ψιχάλισμα (el) n (psichálisma), ψιλόβροχο (el) n (psilóvrocho), βροχούλα (el) f (vrochoúla)
- Hebrew: מִמְטָר (he) m (mimtár)
- Hindi: बौछार (hi) f (bauchār)
- Hungarian: zápor (hu)
- Icelandic: skúr (is) f, demba (is) f, skvetta f
- Irish: cith (ga) m
- Italian: (please verify) acquazzone (it) m, (please verify) scroscio di pioggia m, (please verify) rovescio di pioggia m
- Japanese: 俄雨 (ja) (にわかあめ, niwakaame)
- Kannada: ಮಳೆ (kn) (maḷe)
- Khmer: រលឹម (km) (rɔlɨm), រលឹមរ៉ុយៗ (rɔlɨm royroy)
- Korean: 소나기 (ko) (sonagi)
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: dulksna
- Luxembourgish: Schluet (lb) m
- Macedonian: порој m (poroj)
- Malay: hujan (ms)
- Maori: uwhiuwhi, kōwhaowhao, mimihau, tūāua, tarahi, tūāua
- Marathi: सर f (sar)
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: byge m or f, regnbyge m or f
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: رَگْبار (fa) (ragbâr)
- Polish: deszcz (pl) m, kapuśniak (pl) m
- Portuguese: aguaceiro (pt) m
- Romanian: aversă (ro) f, ploaie torențială f, ploaie de vară f
- Russian: небольшо́й дождь m (nebolʹšój doždʹ), до́ждик (ru) m (dóždik)
- Scottish Gaelic: fras f, dòrtadh m, meall-uisge m, sileadh m, meall m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пљу̑сак m, јака киша f
- Roman: pljȗsak (sh) m, jaka kiša f
- Slovene: ploha f
- Spanish: chubasco (es) m
- Swedish: skur (sv) c
- Ukrainian: до́щик m (dóščyk)
- Welsh: cawod (cy) f
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device for bathing
- Adyghe: душ (duš)
- Afrikaans: stort, stortbad
- Akan: hyawa
- Albanian: dush (sq) m
- Arabic: مِرَشَّة f (mirašša), دُش m (duš), دُوش (dūš)
- Armenian: ցնցուղ (hy) (cʻncʻuġ), դուշ (hy) (duš) (colloquial)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܲܚܠܵܐ m (šaḵla), ܕܘܼܫ m (duš)
- Azerbaijani: duş (az)
- Basque: dutxa (eu)
- Belarusian: душ m (duš)
- Bengali: শাওয়ার (śaōẇar)
- Bulgarian: душ (bg) m (duš)
- Catalan: dutxa (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 淋浴 (zh) (línyù), 淋浴器 (línyùqì), 花灑/花洒 (zh) (huāsǎ)
- Czech: sprcha (cs) f
- Danish: bruser (da) c, brusebad (da) n
- Dutch: douche (nl) m, stortbad (nl) n
- Elfdalian: duss m
- Esperanto: duŝilo
- Estonian: dušš (et)
- Faroese: brúsa f
- Finnish: suihku (fi)
- French: douche (fr) f
- Friulian: duše f
- Georgian: შხაპი (šxaṗi)
- German: Dusche (de) f, Brause (de) f
- Alemannic German: Duschi f
- Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (ufarranneins)
- Greek: ντουζιέρα (el) f (ntouziéra), (technical jargon) καταιονητήρας (el) m (kataionitíras), ντους (el) n (ntous)
- Ancient: κατάχυτλον n (katákhutlon)
- Greenlandic: kuutsitsilluni uffarfik, qorlortumik uffarfik
- Hebrew: מִקְלַחַת (he) f (miklákhat)
- Hindi: शावर (hi) f (śāvar)
- Hungarian: zuhany (hu), tus (hu)
- Icelandic: sturta (is) f, steypibað (is) n
- Indonesian: dus (id)
- Irish: cith (ga) m, cithfholcadán m
- Italian: doccia (it) f
- Japanese: シャワー (ja) (shawā)
- Kazakh: душ (duş), себезгі (sebezgı)
- Khmer: ផ្កាឈូក (km) (phkaa chuuk)
- Korean: 샤워 (ko) (syawo), 샤워기 (syawogi)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: dûş (ku)
- Kyrgyz: душ (ky) (duş)
- Ladino: dush
- Lao: ບົວ (būa), ຫ່າ (lo) (hā)
- Latin: catachytlum n, nāsiterna f
- Latvian: duša f
- Lithuanian: dušas m
- Luxembourgish: Dusch f
- Macedonian: туш m (tuš)
- Malay: pancuran (ms)
- Maltese: doċċa f
- Maori: hīrere, tāuwhiuwhi
- Marathi: शॉवर m (śŏvar)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: шүршүүр (mn) (šüršüür)
- Norman: douche f
- Northern Sami: riššu
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: dusj (no) m
- Nynorsk: dusj m
- Pashto: شاور (ps) m (šāwar)
- Persian:
- Dari: شَاوَر (šāwar)
- Iranian Persian: دوش (fa) (duš)
- Polish: prysznic (pl) m, natrysk (pl)
- Portuguese: chuveiro (pt) m, duche (pt) m
- Romanian: duș (ro) n
- Romansch: duscha f
- Russian: душ (ru) m (duš)
- Samoan: ta'ele
- Scottish Gaelic: fras f, fras-ionnlaid f, frasair m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ту̏ш m
- Roman: tȕš (sh) m
- Slovak: sprcha f
- Slovene: prha (sl) f, tuš m
- Spanish: ducha (es) f, regadera (es) f
- Swedish: dusch (sv) c
- Tagalog: paliguan
- Tajik: душ (tg) (duš)
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Tatar: душ (duş)
- Tetum: duxe, xuveiru
- Thai: ฝักบัว (fàk-buua)
- Tibetan: འཐོར་ཆུ ('thor chu)
- Tongan: saoa
- Turkish: duş (tr)
- Turkmen: duş
- Ukrainian: душ (uk) m (duš)
- Urdu: شاوَر f (śāvar)
- Uyghur: دۇش (dush)
- Uzbek: dush (uz)
- Vietnamese: vòi sen, vòi hoa sen, vòi tắm, hoa sen
- Volapük: dujet (vo)
- Welsh: cawod (cy) m
- Yiddish: דוש m (dush)
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instance of using of this device
- Afrikaans: stort
- Albanian: dush (sq)
- Bengali: গোসল (bn) (gosôl)
- Catalan: dutxa (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 沖涼/冲凉 (yue) (cung1 loeng4), 淋浴 (lam4 juk6)
- Mandarin: 淋浴 (zh) (línyù)
- Czech: sprcha (cs), sprchování, osprchování
- Dutch: douche (nl) m, stortbad (nl) n
- Esperanto: duŝo (eo)
- Finnish: suihku (fi)
- French: douche (fr) f
- Galician: ducha
- German: (eine Dusche nehmen) Dusche (de) f, Brause (de) f
- Greek: ντουζ (el) n (ntouz), (technical jargon) καταιονισμός (el) m (kataionismós)
- Hebrew: מִקְלַחַת (he) f (miklákhat)
- Hungarian: zuhany (hu), zuhanyzás
- Irish: cith (ga) m, cithfholcadh m
- Italian: doccia (it) f
- Japanese: シャワー (ja) (shawā)
- Kabuverdianu: banhu, bónhe
- Khmer: ការងូតទឹក (kaanguuttɨk)
- Korean: 샤워 (ko) (syawo)
- Norman: douche f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: dusj (no) m
- Nynorsk: dusj m
- Polish: prysznic (pl) m
- Portuguese: chuveiro (pt), chuveirada f, banho (pt), duche (pt) m (Portugal), ducha (pt) f (Brazil)
- Romanian: duș (ro) n
- Russian: душ (ru) (duš)
- Scottish Gaelic: fras f
- Spanish: ducha (es) f
- Swedish: dusch (sv) c
- Turkish: duş (tr)
- Ukrainian: душ (uk) m (duš)
- Vietnamese: mưa rào (vi)
- Welsh: cawod (cy) f
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quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower
contemptible group of people or things
Verb
shower (third-person singular simple present showers, present participle showering, simple past and past participle showered)
- (followed by with) To spray with (a specified liquid).
- To bathe using a shower.
- To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:The individual in the army becomes used to holding human life in contempt, in fact the greater the slaughter, the greater is his merit; and the more medals, ribbons, and honors of hero-worship are showered on him, the more he becomes, after a time, indifferent to all sorts of human suffering and loss of human life.
- (intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.
Synonyms
- (bathe using a shower): have a shower (British), take a shower (especially US)
Translations
to bathe using a shower
- Arabic: اِسْتَحَمَّ (istaḥamma), تَحَمَّمَ (taḥammama)
- Egyptian Arabic: آخد دش (ʔāḵod došš)
- Hijazi Arabic: استحمى (astaḥamma), اتحمم (atḥammam), اتروّش (atrawwaš)
- Moroccan Arabic: تحمم (tḥammam)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܵܚܹܠ (šāḵēl), ܚܵܝܹܦ (ḵāyēp), ܫܵܩܹܠ ܕܘܼܫ (šāqēl duš)
- Belarusian: прыма́ць душ impf (prymácʹ duš), прыня́ць душ pf (prynjácʹ duš)
- Bulgarian: взе́мам душ impf (vzémam duš), взе́ма душ pf (vzéma duš)
- Catalan: dutxar-se (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 沖涼/冲凉 (yue) (cung1 loeng4)
- Hokkien: 洗身軀/洗身躯 (zh-min-nan) (sé-sin-khu, sué-sin-khu)
- Mandarin: 洗澡 (zh) (xǐzǎo), 洗淋浴 (xǐ línyù)
- Czech: sprchovat se impf
- Dutch: douchen (nl), een douche nemen, een stortbad nemen
- Esperanto: duŝi
- Faroese: brúsa sær
- Finnish: käydä suihkussa, ottaa suihku
- French: se doucher (fr), prendre une douche
- Galician: ducharse
- German: duschen (de), Dusche nehmen
- Hebrew: הִתְקַלֵּחַ (hitkaléakh)
- Hindi: नहाना (hi) (nahānā)
- Hungarian: zuhanyozik (hu), tusol (hu)
- Icelandic: fara í sturtu, fara í steypibað
- Italian: farsi la doccia, farsi una doccia, docciarsi
- Japanese: シャワーを浴びる (シャワーをあびる, shawā o abiru)
- Khmer: ងូតទឹក (nguut tɨk)
- Korean: 샤워를 하다 (syaworeul hada)
- Ladino: tomar dush
- Lao: ອາບນໍາ້ (ʼāp nam)
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Luxembourgish: duschen
- Macedonian: туши́ра impf (tušíra), се туши́ра impf (se tušíra), истуши́ра pf (istušíra), се истуши́ра pf (se istušíra)
- Maltese: raxxax
- Ngazidja Comorian: uyela
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: dusje (no)
- Persian: دوش گرفتن (fa) (duš gereftan), استحمام کردن (estehmâm kardan)
- Polish: brać prysznic impf, wziąć prysznic pf
- Portuguese: tomar banho (de chuveiro)
- Romanian: a face un duș
- Russian: принима́ть душ impf (prinimátʹ duš), приня́ть душ pf (prinjátʹ duš)
- Samoan: please add this translation if you can
- Scottish Gaelic: gabh fras
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: туши́рати се impf
- Roman: tušírati se (sh) impf
- Slovak: sprchovať sa impf
- Slovene: tuširati se impf, prhati se impf
- Spanish: ducharse (es), bañarse (es)
- Swahili: kupiga bafu
- Swedish: duscha (sv)
- Tetum: please add this translation if you can
- Thai: อาบน้ำ (th) (àap-náam)
- Tongan: saoa
- Turkish: duş almak
- Ukrainian: прийма́ти душ impf (pryjmáty duš), прийня́ти душ pf (pryjnjáty duš)
- Urdu: نہانا (nahānā)
- Vietnamese: tắm hoa sen
- Volapük: dujetön (vo),
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Etymology 2
From Middle English showre, schawere, schewere (“one who exhibits something, actor; watchman, overseer, guide; sign; mirror; index finger”), from Old English sċēawere (“an observer, one who examines into a matter; a spy; mirror; actor, buffoon”), equivalent to show + -er. Cognate with Dutch schouwer (“observer, visionary, clairvoyant”), German Schauer (“an inspector”).
Noun
shower (plural showers)
- One who shows.
2006, Bruce Christianson, Bruno Crispo, James A. Malcolm, Security Protocols: 12th International Workshop, page 18:When you show a credential there's a protocol whereby the showee has assurance that the shower possesses a credential of the particular type without actually seeing the bit string.
2018, Elisabeth Reber, Cornelia Gerhardt, Embodied Activities in Face-to-Face and Mediated Settings, page 153:Once the showee looks at the object, the shower removes his or her gaze from the showee and gazes back at the object (see below and Fig. 5.2).
- An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year.
- (slang) A man whose penis is close to its full (erect) size when flaccid, or the penis itself. [from 1990s]
- Antonym: grower
1993, Barry Burns, “Muffin on Parade”, in soc.motss (Usenet):As a man who can best be described as a "grower not a shower", I helped Brent realize that many people in the gay community are concerned in a very adolescent way with their dick size, including me.
1994, jenster, “Penis Size and other Eternal Questions”, in seattle.general (Usenet):"Growers" are guys whose penises tend to contract a lot lengthwise when flaccid, while "show-ers" are guys whose penises could be said to merely "deflate" without contracting much in length.
2003, Austin Foxxe, Three the Hard Way: Tales of Three-way Sex Between Men:His dick, if I remember correctly, is more of a shower than a grower […]
Translations
man whose penis appears relatively large when flaccid