washboard

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed.
2. isim Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument.
3. isim A board fastened along a ship's gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard.
4. isim A stretch of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road caused by interaction between traffic and road surface.

   “washboard road”

5. isim Ellipsis of washboard abs.
6. isim Baseboard; skirting board.
7. fiil To produce a rippled texture on a surface.

   “Doug came up with a half-guilty smile and washboarded his forehead at her.”

8. fiil To play a washboard.

   “It's almost as if the urge to washboard is intrinsically human.”

9. fiil To move up and down or back and forth across the surface of a hive, possibly to lay down a layer of propolis and wax.

   “Individual bees have been observed washboarding on the inside glass of an observation hive.”