scrubdown

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noun

A thorough scrubbing to clean something from top to bottom.

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Meanings

nounscrubdown (plural scrubdowns)

plural scrubdowns

  1. A thorough scrubbing to clean something from top to bottom.

    Within a week or so a strict regimen of cleanliness wherever there was food or crumbs or spills, coupled with repeated thorough scrubdowns with vinegar and water, rid us of the pests and set a higher standard so that it did not occur again.

    2011, Gordon W. Stead, A Leaf upon the Sea: A Small Ship in the Mediterranean, 1941-1943

Origin

Deverbal from scrub down.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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