shower
noun
- place in which a person bathes under a spray of water
- sudden, heavy and brief rain or snowfall
- fall, sprinkle, rain
- party for a new mother or bride, etc
verb
- bathing under a spray of water by a shower
- fall, sprinkle, rain
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊ.ə(ɹ)/ / /ˈʃoʊ.ɚ/ / /ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/ / /ˈʃuː.ɐ/ / /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English showre, schawere, schewere (“one who exhibits something, actor; watchman, overseer, guide; sign; mirror; index finger”), from Old English sċēawere (“an observer, one who examines into a matter; a spy; mirror; actor, buffoon”), equivalent to show + -er. Cognate with Dutch schouwer (“observer, visionary, clairvoyant”), German Schauer (“an inspector”).
- One who shows.
“When you show a credential there's a protocol whereby the showee has assurance that the shower possesses a credential of the particular type without actually seeing the bit string.”
“Once the showee looks at the object, the shower removes his or her gaze from the showee and gazes back at the object (see below and Fig. 5.2).”
- An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
“That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year.”
- A person whose penis is close to its erect size when flaccid; the penis itself.
“As a man who can best be described as a "grower not a shower", I helped Brent realize that many people in the gay community are concerned in a very adolescent way with their dick size, including me.”
“"Growers" are guys whose penises tend to contract a lot lengthwise when flaccid, while "show-ers" are guys whose penises could be said to merely "deflate" without contracting much in length.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English schour (“shower”), from Old English sċūr (“shower”), from Proto-West Germanic *skūru (“shower”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“storm, short shower”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north, north wind, cold wind, rain shower”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch schoer (“downpour, heavy rainshower”), German Schauer (“shower”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skur (“shower”), Faroese skúrur (“shower”), Icelandic skúr (“shower”), Norn skur (“squall”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 (skūra, “storm”), Italian coro (“northwestern wind”), Spanish cauro (“northwestern wind”), Belarusian се́вер (sjévjer), сі́вер (sívjer), Bulgarian and Russian се́вер (séver, “north”), Czech and Slovak sever (“north”), Macedonian север (sever, “north”), Serbo-Croatian sȅvēr, sjȅvēr (“north”), Slovene sẹ́ver (“north”), Ukrainian сі́вер (síver, “cold, cold, bitter wind”).
- To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).
- To bathe using a shower.
- To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
“The individual in the army becomes used to holding human life in contempt, in fact the greater the slaughter, the greater is his merit; and the more medals, ribbons, and honors of hero-worship are showered on him, the more he becomes, after a time, indifferent to all sorts of human suffering and loss of human life.”
“Shower the people you love with love / Show them the way that you feel”
- To rain in a shower; to cascade down.