Mexican car wash

noun

The "washing" of a motor vehicle by a rainstorm.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounMexican car wash (plural Mexican car washes)

plural Mexican car washes

  1. UShumorousslangThe "washing" of a motor vehicle by a rainstorm.

    […] and they could hear the rough sound, could hear too the first strikes of rain as though called down by the music. "My car's gonna get a Mexican car wash," said Buddy.

    1996, Annie Proulx, Accordion Crimes
Cite this entry
APA

Mexican car wash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mexican%20car%20wash

MLA

“Mexican car wash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mexican%20car%20wash. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mexican car wash,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mexican%20car%20wash.

Source: Mexican car wash on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.