eyewash
pronunciation
How to pronounce eyewash in British English:
UK [ˈaɪwɒʃ]
How to pronounce eyewash in American English:
US [ˈaɪwɑʃ]
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- Noun:
- lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes
Word Origin
- eyewash (n.)
- "a wash or lotion for the eyes," 1866, from eye (n.) + wash (n.). Colloquial use for "blarney, humbug" (1884), chiefly British, perhaps is from the notion of "something intended to obscure or conceal facts or true motives." But this, and expression my eye also may be the verbal equivalent of the wink that indicates one doesn't believe what has been said (compare French mon oeil in same sense, accompanied by a knowing pointing of a finger to the eye).
Example
- 1. The doctor prescribed an eyewash to clear up my eye infection .
- 2. That report is a load of old eyewash .
- 3. Test alarm of every safety shower and eyewash station .
- 4. I want to buy eyewash .
- 5. Do you have some eyewash ? I think I have some grit ill my eye .