washboard
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Is washboard a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (music) Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument.
2. (nautical) A board fastened along a ship's gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard.
3. (road transport) A stretch of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road caused by interaction between traffic and road surface.Examples: "washboard road"; "Franklin is beside himself, revving up the engine in the pickup. As I jump in, he spins out and takes off up the road in the direction the plane came from, bouncing dangerously over washboards and ruts."
4. (bodybuilding, colloquial) Ellipsis of washboard abs.abbreviationalt-ofcolloquialellipsis
5. (dated) Baseboard; skirting board.dated
verb (English)
1. (music) To play a washboard.Examples: "It's almost as if the urge to washboard is intrinsically human."
2. (bees) 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.Examples: "Individual bees have been observed washboarding on the inside glass of an observation hive."; "This behaviour is believed to be associated with general cleaning activities but under what circumstances workers washboard is not known."
Definition source: Wiktionary