broadside vs shower

broadside

noun
  • A forceful attack, be it written or spoken. 

  • The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet. 

  • One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing. 

  • A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded. 

adv
  • Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object. 

verb
  • To collide with something side-on. 

shower

noun
  • Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier 

  • A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade). 

  • A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts. 

  • A baby shower. 

  • An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself. 

  • One who shows. 

  • A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower. 

  • An object or activity that is shown in a contest. 

  • A bridal shower. 

  • A shower of shit. 

  • A man whose penis is close to its full (erect) size when flaccid, or the penis itself. 

  • A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump. 

verb
  • To rain in a shower; to cascade down. 

  • To spray with (a specified liquid). 

  • To bathe using a shower. 

  • To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance. 

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