spotclean

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A form of spot-clean — To clean only those parts that are soiled, rather than cleaning the entire thing, area, etc.

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Meanings

verbspotclean (third-person singular simple present spotcleans, present participle spotcleaning, simple past and past participle spotcleaned)

present singular third person spotcleans · participle present spotcleaning · participle past spotcleaned · past spotcleaned

  1. alternativeAlternative form of spot-clean.

    Carpet and baseboards will be spotcleaned where necessary.

    1992, Alan A. Alexander, Richard F. Muhlebach, Shopping Center Management, page 365
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    Do ruffles a few inches at a time, nose iron into gathers. Hang immediately. dust, spotclean and mend.

    1944, House & Garden - Volumes 85-86, page 92

    They also can be used to spotclean walls, clean air ducts, baseboards, kick plates, waste baskets, aluminum doors, windows and hand rails, stainless steel drinking fountains and the like.

    1969, Jule Wilkinson, The 3 C's of Atmosphere: Creation, Collection, Care
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Chicago

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

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