Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of scrub
And what's more, [Johnson's floor wax] puts old-fashioned scrubbing in the discard. Call your dealer today.
1941 March 11, “Quarantined with Measles”, in Fibber McGee and Molly, spoken by Harlow Wilcox
nounscrubbing (countable and uncountable, plural scrubbings)
plural scrubbings
- countableuncountableAn act of scrubbing.
- countableuncountableAn act of cleaning in which something is scrubbed.
- countableuncountableThe removal of impurities from gas.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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APA
scrubbing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrubbing
MLA
“scrubbing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrubbing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrubbing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrubbing.
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