rub-down 
noun
An act of drying, smoothing down, or cleaning something by rubbing: a shower and a brisk rub-down with a towel [as modifier]: rub-down transfers...
- South of the border, though, the realism is as gritty as a towel rub-down with sandy suntan lotion.
- I tackled it with a swipe from my duster and then a vigorous rub-down with polish and a dust cloth.
- Kat wrapped a towel around him and gave him a quick rub-down to start drying him off.
- ground attack
- groundbait
- groundbaiting
- ground ball
- ground-based
- ground bass
- ground beef
- ground beetle
- groundbreaker
- groundbreaking
- ground cherry
- ground clearance
- ground cloth
- groundcloth
- ground clutter
- ground control
- ground controller
- ground cover
- ground crew
- ground dove
- ground down
- ground effect
- ground elder
- grounder
- ground floor