Meanings
present singular third person simonizes · participle present simonizing · participle past simonized · past simonized
- transitiveTo polish to a high sheen with a wax-like substance.
Night after night I had to play rummy with Dr. Lutz, and on Sundays I helped him to watch and simonize his Auburn.
1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 731 more example
Remember those days? The way Biff used to simonize that car? The dealer refused to believe there was eighty thousand miles on it.
1949, Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Simoniz, a commercial polish (named after the company founder, George Simons), + -ize.
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