spring-clean

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [spring kleen]
- /sprɪŋ klin/
- /sprɪŋ kliːn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [spring kleen]
- /sprɪŋ klin/

Definitions of spring-clean word

verb with object spring-clean to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning. 1
verb spring-clean When you spring-clean a house, you thoroughly clean everything in it. 0
verb spring-clean Spring-clean is also a noun. 0
verb spring-clean to clean (a house) thoroughly: traditionally at the end of the winter 0
noun spring-clean an instance of spring-cleaning 0

See all 5 definitions of spring-clean

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Origin of spring-clean

First appearance:

before 1890

One of the 20% newest English words

First recorded in 1890-95

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Spring-clean

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Spring-clean

spring-clean popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 56% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.