Noun: housecleaning 'haws,klee-ning
- The act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house
"efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time"
- (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel, practices or conditions
"more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms"; "many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners"
- Clean and tidy up the house
"She housecleans every week";
- clean house [N. Amer], clean
Derived forms: housecleanings
Type of: clean, clean up, cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, declutter, neaten, reform, square away [N. Amer], straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up
Encyclopedia: Housecleaning