loofah

• loofa, luffa

From Egyptian Arabic لُوفَة‎ (lūfa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːfə/
• Rhymes: -uːfə

loofah (plural loofahs)

1. A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd
2. The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing
3. Any bathing sponge

loofah (third-person singular simple present loofahs, present participle loofahing, simple past and past participle loofahed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To clean or scrub with a loofah.
   • 2006, Scott Dikkers, ‎Peter Hilleren, Destined for Destiny (page 63)

     And she took good care of my feet, massaging them and loofahing the calluses away.

   • 2012, Jill Smolinski, Objects of My Affection

     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.

• Foolah