loofah

noun, verb — 4 senses

noun

/ˈluːfə/

Etymology Borrowed from Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa).

Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd.

The dried fibrous interior of such a plant, used as a sponge for bathing.

Any bath sponge; a sponge on a handle.

verb

Etymology Borrowed from Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa).

Ambitransitive To clean or scrub with a loofah.

And she took good care of my feet, massaging them and loofahing the calluses away.2006, Scott Dikkers, Peter Hilleren, Destined for Destiny, page 63:
I may have snuck in showering myself—plus shaving, loofahing, hair blow-drying, reapplying makeup, changing my outfit five times, and winding up in what I started out with.2012, Jill Smolinski, Objects of My Affection:

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