"wash one's mouth out" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the formerly common practice of punishing children who have lied or used foul language by forcing them to wash their mouths using a cleansing substance, typically soap.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "washes one's mouth out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "washing one's mouth out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "washed one's mouth out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "washed one's mouth out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wash<> one's mouth out"
      },
      "expansion": "wash one's mouth out (third-person singular simple present washes one's mouth out, present participle washing one's mouth out, simple past and past participle washed one's mouth out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1970, “Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter”, in Alline Bullock (lyrics), Workin’ Together, performed by Ike & Tina Turner",
          "text": "Wash out your mouth, your lies are gettin' rusty",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999 November 19, “A pother of pedants”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Some Tory MPs think the Queen needs to wash her mouth out.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 March 23, “James Cameron Shines like a star”, in The Guardian, retrieved 2021-11-12",
          "text": "But anybody who says Cameron was hedging his bets better had wash their mouth out; this was nothing more than the kind of away day where only the top names rock up.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 October 19, Ben Smith, “Wigan ‘will quit’ if Premier League becomes closed shop”, in The Times",
          "text": "“What’s all this madness I’m hearing about there being no promotion or relegation from the PL?” he tweeted. “Wash your mouth out whoever suggested that.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 October 8, John Bercow, “Preparations for Leaving the EU”, in parliamentary debates, volume 664, column 1674",
          "text": "All these references to named individuals are quite improper. […] He should wash his mouth out, and should refer to Ministers not by name but by title, which he is well able to do.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stop using bad language, or atone for doing so."
      ],
      "id": "en-wash_one's_mouth_out-en-verb-TtAvFOmg",
      "links": [
        [
          "bad language",
          "bad language"
        ],
        [
          "atone",
          "atone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually imperative, figuratively) To stop using bad language, or atone for doing so."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "imperative",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1956, Encounter, volume 6, page 30",
          "text": "The foreigners content themselves with washing their hands. The Moors wash their mouths out with soap also, blowing bubbles and gargling happily.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wash out, mouth."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "wash out",
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        ],
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "mouthsoap"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "watch your mouth"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "wash out one's mouth"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "49 51",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vymoj svoj rot s mylom",
      "sense": "literal use",
      "word": "вымой свой рот с мылом"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 51",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vymoj svoj rot",
      "sense": "literal use",
      "word": "вымой свой рот"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 51",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pomoj rot s mylom",
      "sense": "literal use",
      "word": "помой рот с мылом"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wash one's mouth out"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the formerly common practice of punishing children who have lied or used foul language by forcing them to wash their mouths using a cleansing substance, typically soap.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "washes one's mouth out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "washing one's mouth out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "washed one's mouth out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "washed one's mouth out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wash<> one's mouth out"
      },
      "expansion": "wash one's mouth out (third-person singular simple present washes one's mouth out, present participle washing one's mouth out, simple past and past participle washed one's mouth out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mouthsoap"
    },
    {
      "word": "watch your mouth"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1970, “Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter”, in Alline Bullock (lyrics), Workin’ Together, performed by Ike & Tina Turner",
          "text": "Wash out your mouth, your lies are gettin' rusty",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999 November 19, “A pother of pedants”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Some Tory MPs think the Queen needs to wash her mouth out.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 March 23, “James Cameron Shines like a star”, in The Guardian, retrieved 2021-11-12",
          "text": "But anybody who says Cameron was hedging his bets better had wash their mouth out; this was nothing more than the kind of away day where only the top names rock up.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 October 19, Ben Smith, “Wigan ‘will quit’ if Premier League becomes closed shop”, in The Times",
          "text": "“What’s all this madness I’m hearing about there being no promotion or relegation from the PL?” he tweeted. “Wash your mouth out whoever suggested that.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 October 8, John Bercow, “Preparations for Leaving the EU”, in parliamentary debates, volume 664, column 1674",
          "text": "All these references to named individuals are quite improper. […] He should wash his mouth out, and should refer to Ministers not by name but by title, which he is well able to do.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stop using bad language, or atone for doing so."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bad language",
          "bad language"
        ],
        [
          "atone",
          "atone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually imperative, figuratively) To stop using bad language, or atone for doing so."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "imperative",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1956, Encounter, volume 6, page 30",
          "text": "The foreigners content themselves with washing their hands. The Moors wash their mouths out with soap also, blowing bubbles and gargling happily.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wash out, mouth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wash out",
          "wash out#English"
        ],
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wash out one's mouth"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vymoj svoj rot s mylom",
      "sense": "literal use",
      "word": "вымой свой рот с мылом"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vymoj svoj rot",
      "sense": "literal use",
      "word": "вымой свой рот"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pomoj rot s mylom",
      "sense": "literal use",
      "word": "помой рот с мылом"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wash one's mouth out"
}