jetwash
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit](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”) jet + wash
Verb
[edit]jetwash (third-person singular simple present jetwashes, present participle jetwashing, simple past and past participle jetwashed)
- (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.