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cleaning

[klee-ning]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an act or instance of making clean.
Give the house a good cleaning.
Slang.��an overwhelming or complete defeat, financial loss, or failure.
Our team took a cleaning in yesterday's game.
Informal.��killing.

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Other Word Forms

self-cleaning adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cleaning¹

First recorded in 1655–75; clean + -ing ¹

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The TV personality was best known for appearing on the Channel 4 cleaning show alongside Aggie MacKenzie.

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Sabrina Medina, 28, was cleaning her patio Wednesday night when she saw a silver minivan slow down in front of her home in Huntington Park.

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She uses Poundland to pick up snacks for her sons' packed lunches, stationery and birthday cards for school, plus shampoo, shower gel and cleaning products.

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Local services ranging from social care and libraries to bin collection and street cleaning are funded through council tax.

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Another worker halfway through cleaning the back window of a car looked up.

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clean house cleaning woman

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