washboard
pronunciation
How to pronounce washboard in British English:
UK [ˈwɒʃbɔ:d]
How to pronounce washboard in American English:
US [ˈwɑʃbɔrd]
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- Noun:
- device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on
- protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side
Word Origin
- washboard (n.)
- also wash-board, clothes-cleaning device, 1882, from wash (v.) + board (n.1). As a percussion instrument, attested from 1925; in reference to abdominal muscles, recorded from 1950 in boxing jargon.
Example
- 1. Is there another way home besides this washboard road ?
- 2. I want to have washboard like abs by end of this year .
- 3. For those who have seen the season 1 of the series , I am sure you were amazed by his body shape , especially his washboard type of 6-pack abs .
- 4. That woman says : " our movement is what word , I am drunk to your water . " See her both hands raises washboard next , two fade are standing apart .
- 5. Chapter 1 - summer lust : chapter 1 a surfer with washboard abs .