jetwash

English

Jetwash

Alternative forms

• jet-wash

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Apparently there's a company called JetWash who made these high-powered hoses to clean jets”) From jet +‎ wash.

Verb

jetwash (third-person singular simple present jetwashes, present participle jetwashing, simple past and past participle jetwashed)

1. (chiefly British English, transitive) To remove something (especially dirt or graffiti) by spraying it with high-pressure water.
   • February 2008, The Times - Council cleaners jetwash away Banksy’s graffiti art.

Synonyms

• power wash
• pressurewash

Related terms

• car wash
• jet ski (jetski)
• water jet (waterjet)

Translations

to remove something by high-pressure spraying

• German: kärchern, wegkärchern