wipe down
See also: wipedown and wipe-down
English
Verb
wipe down (third-person singular simple present wipes down, present participle wiping down, simple past and past participle wiped down)
- To clean the exterior surface of an object, typically by hand using a damp dishcloth or other cleaning cloth.
- Please wipe down the kitchen appliances.
- 1673, Randle Cotgrave, A French and English dictionary, page SIL SIM SIN:
- Since. f. A dish-cloth, fleece-cloth, cloth to wipe down tables, or to rub the house.
- 2013, Mike Gilmore, chapter 29, in Levels of Power: The Legislator, →ISBN, page 160:
- "Officially...no comment," Randy answered and he took the damp kitchen towel from Annie and used it to wipe down the countertop of any dish water residue.
Derived terms
- wipedown
- wipe-down
See also
- wipe up