a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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noun

a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.

Also called shower bath. a bath in which water is sprayed on the body, usually from an overhead perforated nozzle (showerhead).

the apparatus for this or the room or stall enclosing it.

a large supply or quantity: a shower of wealth.

a party given for a bestowal of presents of a specific kind, especially such a party for a prospective bride or prospective mother: a linen shower; a baby shower.

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a fall of many objects, as tears, sparks, or missiles.

Astronomy. air shower.

showers, a room or area equipped with several showerheads or stalls for use by a number of people at the same time.

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verb (used with object)

to bestow liberally or lavishly.

10.

to deluge (a person) with gifts, favors, etc.: She was showered with gifts on her birthday.

11.

to bathe (oneself) in a shower bath.

verb (used without object)

12.

to rain in a shower.

13.

to take a shower bath.

Idiom

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send to the showers, Baseball.

to replace (a pitcher) during a game, usually because he or she is ineffective: The coach sent him to the showers after he walked three batters in a row.

to cause (a pitcher) to be replaced in a game, as by getting many hits off him or her; knock out of the box: Two home runs and a line-drive double sent her to the showers.