wiping counters
Kitchen tidying task
Wiping counters is the routine household task of cleaning kitchen or bathroom surfaces with a cloth or paper towel, typically after cooking or other activities that leave residue.
The phrase often appears in discussions of domestic labor distribution: I do the dishes while he wipes counters.
It can represent either a genuine contribution to housework or a token effort compared to more demanding chores.
- spongeAbsorbent cleaning material
- clothWoven or knit material
- ragWorn piece of fabric
- scrubbingCleaning by rubbing hard
- sprayDispersed liquid droplets
spray bottle · disinfectant · cleaning supplies · kitchen · surface · crumbs · streaks · circular · damp · clean · sanitize · deep clean · granite · laminate · stainless steel · marble top · spill · grease
- houseworkdishes, sweeping, mopping, dusting, dishwashing
- kitchen choreswashing dishes, doing dishes, dishwashing, loading dishwasher, unloading dishwasher
- simple tasksblinking, breathing, clapping, nodding, shrugging
- sidework
- drudgerychores, housework, grunt work, busywork, drudgery
cleanliness direction
wiping countersmaking a mess
wipe, wiped, wipes, wiper, wipers, wiping, counter, countered, countering