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loofah

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A loofah (the sponge)

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈluːfə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːfə

Noun

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loofah (plural loofahs)

  1. Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd.
  2. The dried fibrous interior of such a plant, used as a sponge for bathing.
  3. Any bath sponge; a sponge on a handle.

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Verb

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loofah (third-person singular simple present loofahs, present participle loofahing, simple past and past participle loofahed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To clean or scrub with a loofah.
    • 2006, Scott Dikkers, Peter Hilleren, Destined for Destiny, page 63:
      And she took good care of my feet, massaging them and loofahing the calluses away.
    • 2012, Jill Smolinski, Objects of My Affection:
      I may have snuck in showering myself—plus shaving, loofahing, hair blow-drying, reapplying makeup, changing my outfit five times, and winding up in what I started out with.

References

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  • loofah”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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