Meanings
present singular third person rinses · participle present rinsing · participle past rinsed · past rinsed · alternative rinch
- transitiveTo swish (a liquid) around the inside of something.
Oscar uncapped his beer, rinsed the first mouthful around.
1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, page 51 - UKslangTo thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.
You got rinsed.
1 more example
I think that's a British thing though. Like, I got rinsed for playing video games.
2020 August 7, Joseph Bizinger, Garnt Maneetapho, Connor Marc Colquhoun, “Our Dark Past with Anime YouTube” (2:25 from the start), in Trash Taste, season 1, episode 10 (podcast), spoken by Connor Marc Colquhoun (Connor Marc Colquhoun), Tokyo, Japan: YouTube, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2020
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe action of rinsing.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinrecentare“to make fresh”
- Proto-Indo-European*krey-“to separate, divide”
- Proto-Germanic*hrainisōną“to clean, purify”
- Old Norsehreinsa
- Old Northern Frenchraïncer“to rinse, cleanse”
- Old Frenchrincier
- Middle Englishrinsen
- Englishrinse
From Middle English rinsen, rincen, rencen (“to rinse”), from Old French rincier, reinser, Old Northern French raïncer (“to rinse, cleanse”). Of contested origin. Possibly from Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną (“to clean, purify”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to separate, divide”). Alternatively from a dissimilation of Old French recincier, from Latin recentare (“to make fresh”). Cognate with French rincer. From the Germanic verb are Danish rense, Norwegian rense, Swedish rensa (all “to clean”), Old High German reinisōn (“to clean, purify, atone”). It is related to German rein (“pure”), Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hrains, “clean”), and English riddle. The Latin verb is related to recent.
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Arabic شَطَفَ, مَضْمَضَ
- شَطَفَ (šaṭafa)to wash something quickly using water and no soap
- مَضْمَضَ (maḍmaḍa)to remove soap from something using water
Bulgarian плакна, изплаквам
- плакна (plakna)to wash something quickly using water and no soap
- изплаквам (izplakvam)to wash something quickly using water and no soap
- изплакна (izplakna)to wash something quickly using water and no soap
- изплаквам (izplakvam)to remove soap from something using water
- изплакна (izplakna)to remove soap from something using water
- боя за коса (boja za kosa)hair dye
Catalan esbandir, esbandir
- esbandirto wash something quickly using water and no soap
- esbandirto remove soap from something using water
Chinese Mandarin 沖 /冲, 沖洗 /冲洗
- 沖 /冲 (chōng)to wash something quickly using water and no soap
- 沖洗 /冲洗 (chōngxǐ)to wash something quickly using water and no soap
Czech opláchnout, oprat
- opláchnoutto wash something quickly using water and no soap
- opratto wash something quickly using water and no soap
- opláchnoutto remove soap from something using water
Danish skylle, spule
- skylleto wash something quickly using water and no soap
- spuleto wash something quickly using water and no soap
Esperanto akvumi, tralavi
- akvumito wash something quickly using water and no soap
- tralavito remove soap from something using water
Finnish huuhdella, huuhtoa
- huuhdellato wash something quickly using water and no soap
- huuhtoato wash something quickly using water and no soap
- huuhdellato remove soap from something using water
- huuhtoato remove soap from something using water
- hiusvärjäyshair dye
French rincer, rincer
- rincerto wash something quickly using water and no soap
- rincerto remove soap from something using water
German spülen, spülen
- spülento wash something quickly using water and no soap
- spülento remove soap from something using water
Greek ξεπλένω, ξεπλένω
- ξεπλένω (xepléno)to wash something quickly using water and no soap
- ξεπλένω (xepléno)to remove soap from something using water
Hebrew שטף, שטף
- שטף (shatáf)to wash something quickly using water and no soap
- שטף (shatáf)to remove soap from something using water
Hungarian öblít, öblít
- öblítto wash something quickly using water and no soap
- öblítto remove soap from something using water
Italian risciacquare, sciacquare
- risciacquareto wash something quickly using water and no soap
- sciacquareto wash something quickly using water and no soap
- sciacquareto remove soap from something using water
Japanese 濯ぐ, 濯ぐ
- 濯ぐ (susugu)to wash something quickly using water and no soap
- 濯ぐ (susugu)to remove soap from something using water
Latin ēluō, ēluō
- ēluōto wash something quickly using water and no soap
- ēluōto remove soap from something using water
Lithuanian skalauti, praskalauti
- skalautito wash something quickly using water and no soap
- praskalautito wash something quickly using water and no soap
- išskalautito wash something quickly using water and no soap
Māori opeope, opeope
- opeopeto wash something quickly using water and no soap
- opeopeto remove soap from something using water
Norwegian rense, skylle
- renseto wash something quickly using water and no soap
- skylleto remove soap from something using water
- toninghair dye
Persian رنساژ
- رنساژ (ransâž)hair dye
Polish płukać
- płukaćto wash something quickly using water and no soap
Portuguese enxaguar, enxaguar
- enxaguarto wash something quickly using water and no soap
- enxaguarto remove soap from something using water
- bochecharto remove soap from something using water
Romanian clăti
- clătito wash something quickly using water and no soap
Russian полоска́ть, спола́скивать
- полоска́ть (poloskátʹ)to wash something quickly using water and no soap
- спола́скивать (spoláskivatʹ)to wash something quickly using water and no soap
- сполосну́ть (spolosnútʹ)to wash something quickly using water and no soap
- полоска́ть (poloskátʹ)to remove soap from something using water
- смыва́ть (smyvátʹ)to remove soap from something using water
Scottish Gaelic sgol, sgol
- sgolto wash something quickly using water and no soap
- sgolto remove soap from something using water
Spanish enjuagar, aclarar
- enjuagarto wash something quickly using water and no soap
- aclararto remove soap from something using water
Swedish skölja, skölja
- sköljato wash something quickly using water and no soap
- sköljato remove soap from something using water
- toninghair dye
Urdu کھنگالنا
- کھنگالنا (khaṅgālnā)to wash something quickly using water and no soap
Vietnamese tráng, tráng
- trángto wash something quickly using water and no soap
- trángto remove soap from something using water
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rinse
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Cite this entry
rinse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rinse
“rinse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rinse. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rinse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rinse.
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