wash up

Questions about wash up

What does wash up mean?

wash up means "wash one's face and hands". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for wash up?

Close synonyms include lave, do the dishes, exhaust, beat, tucker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wash up a common word?

wash up is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.