Windex

== English == === Etymology 1 === From a trade name, derived from window. ==== Noun ==== Windex (uncountable) A window cleaner containing detergent and ammonia. ===== Synonyms ===== (window cleaner): Windolene (UK) ==== Verb ==== Windex (third-person singular simple present Windexes, present participle Windexing, simple past and past participle Windexed) To clean (a glass surface) using a cleaning product of this kind. 1985, Bharati Mukherjee, “Visitors” in Darkness, Markham, Ontario: Penguin Books Canada, p. 164,[1] But if change has come into her life as Mrs Sailen Kumar, it has seeped in so gradually that she can’t fix it with one admiring stare when she Windexes toothpaste flecks off the bathroom mirror. === Etymology 2 === From a brand of mast-top wind indicator for sailing boats, derived from wind. ==== Noun ==== Windex (plural Windexes) (sailing) An arrow-shaped indicator of wind direction installed in mast-top. ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== Apparent wind indicator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia