jet-wash

A form of jetwash — To remove something (especially dirt or graffiti) by spraying it with high-pressure water.

Meanings

verbjet-wash (third-person singular simple present jet-washes, present participle jet-washing, simple past and past participle jet-washed)

present singular third person jet-washes · participle present jet-washing · participle past jet-washed · past jet-washed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of jetwash.

    "Finally, we had to clean the whole area from Andover and Romsey to Salisbury with our leaf-busting trains to jet-wash the tracks, after two weeks without any services. [...]."

    2021 December 1, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Salisbury Tunnel reopens after clean-up operation”, in RAIL, number 945, page 13
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APA

jet-wash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jet-wash

MLA

“jet-wash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jet-wash. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jet-wash,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jet-wash.

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