simonize

[ sahy-muh-nahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, si·mon·ized, si·mon·iz·ing.

1. to shine or polish to a high sheen, especially with wax:

   to simonize an automobile.

Word History and Origins

Origin of simonize¹

First recorded in 1935–40; after Simoniz, a trademark

Example Sentences

What is driving Driver's Mart and the others is in part a desire to Simonize a business stained by imputations of high-pressure tactics and low-rent ethics.

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Spector challenged the Ramones immediately�"Do you want to make a great album or a good album?" �then spent six months working in the studio, layering and miking guitars so they sound at times almost like chimes, overdubbing the vocals until they glisten like a sonic Simonize.

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At the moment, Broadway is abuzz over another kind of Simonize job.

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In them Cozzens' highly polished prose style gleams like a Simonize job; his subtly conceived characterizations are spun like fine grillwork; and his intricately devised plots are so delicately tuned that they can hum and purr when idling.

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Philippe Huis-man's text is thorough but simperingly eager to simonize Lautrec's reputation as the depraved genius of fin-de-siecle Montmartre.

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