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An astringent substance applied to the skin to reduce perspiration
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antiperspirant
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Word definitions for antiperspirant in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (''countable or uncountable'') a substance used to minimize sweating or perspiration, not only the associated odor as a deodorant, and usually applied to the underarm area.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an astringent substance applied to the skin to reduce perspiration
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
by 1946, from anti- + perspire + adjectival suffix -ant .
Usage examples of antiperspirant.
Then there was my aerosol can of Soft & Dri non-sting antiperspirant and my two bottles of perfume: Woodhue, a mildly disturbing Christmas present from my brother, which I consequently never wore.
There'd been professional-locker-room sounds in the background locker doors banging, bass voices on tile and steel, personal stereos, hisses of antiperspirant and styling-spritz.
He loathed the very word deodorant, however, and once at a board meeting tried to force a fellow officer of the company to eat the antiperspirant stick LeFever was about to market.
I'm the confidential consultant for Springtime antiperspirant for which your agency is doing some artwork, and it's urgent, most urgent!
And despite having used an extra-strength antiperspirant that very morning before leaving Sedona, Charlie found that getting poked repeatedly in the armpits by two damp devil-dog dicks was leaving him feeling less than fresh.
I sigh for the deprivation of not having silk handkerchiefs, French bubble bath, antiperspirant and Chennel Number 5.
Gash found a bar of Dial antiperspirant soap, untouched, which he forcefully inserted into Fishback's mouth.