houseclean

verb

house·​clean ˈhau̇s-ˌklēn 

housecleaned; housecleaning; housecleans

intransitive verb

1

: to clean a house and its furniture

2

: to get rid of unwanted or undesirable items or people

transitive verb

1

: to clean the surfaces and furnishings of

2

: to improve or reform by ridding of undesirable people or practices

housecleaning

ˈhau̇s-ˌklē-niŋ 

noun

Examples of houseclean in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Spending on things like housecleaning services or grocery delivery left people feeling more satisfied than spending on things like new clothes and wine. — Ashley Whillans and Michael Norton, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2017

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from housecleaning

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Rhymes for houseclean

• acridine
• acrolein
• adenine
• alkylene
• aniline
• anthracene
• aquiline
• asphaltene
• atlantean
• atrazine
• butadiene
• butylene