Jacuzzi orig. and chiefly U.S.
(dʒəˈkuːzɪ)
Also jacuzzi.
The proprietary name of a kind of bath or bathing-pool incorporating underwater jets of warm water, and used for both therapeutic and leisure purposes. Cf. whirlpool bath s.v. whirlpool2.
| 1966 New Yorker 19 Feb. 107/1 Now I will go take my Jacuzzi bath!.. You know what it is, a Jacuzzi?.. The brochure that comes with it describes it as a hydromassage. 1973 Los Angeles Times 30 Sept. (Home Mag.) 18/2 You'll hear this kind of pool called a ‘Jacuzzi’, because the Jacuzzi firm pioneered in this application of the hydro-jet. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 10 July 8/5 Just a few extras, including a 74-by-54-foot swimming pool, a gymnasium, sauna, Jacuzzi pool, tennis and handball courts. 1976 Honolulu Star Bull. 21 Dec. f–5/7 (Advt.), Hawaii Kai: luxury 1 bdrm, oceanview, pool jacuzzis & saunas. 1978 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 13 June tm88/1 Jacuzzi Bros Inc., Little Rock, Ark... Jacuzzi... For Hydro-therapy products... Therapeutic whirlpool baths and parts thereof. 1978 J. Krantz Scruples xii. 329 The large, plant-bordered Jacuzzi in one corner of the two-story living room. 1979 Tucson Mag. Apr. 58/2 It offers the sauna and Jacuzzi facilities common to most. 1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Aug. 923/1 The spread of jacuzzis in the United States has been facilitated by [the] recognition that they too are tax-deductible if medically prescribed for the relief of back pain. 1984 Sunday Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 22 Jan. 7/1 You'll still hear ‘anyone for tennis?’, but you're as likely to hear ‘anyone for a jacuzzi?’ |