Shower

Quick meaning: Shower is a noun meaning A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.

Meaning

A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.

More Meanings

1. A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
2. An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
3. A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
4. A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
5. (juggling) A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.
6. (obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict.
7. (chiefly Ireland, UK, Australia, derogatory) A shower of shit.

Example Sentences

I’m going to have a shower.

I’m going to take a shower.

a shower of sparks; a meteor shower; a Gatorade shower

Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells.

Word Forms

• showers
• showering
• showered
• show-er

Synonyms for shower

Depending on context, synonyms include lavish, exhibitor, exhibitioner.

Antonyms for shower

Common opposites include grower.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include exhibitor, lavish, exhibitioner, rain, rainfall, downpour.

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