Blackwash

ahd-5
  • transitive verb. To bring from concealment; disclose.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A lotion composed of calomel and lime-water.
  • noun. Any wash that blackens.
  • noun. In molding, a clay wash to which powdered charcoal has been added. See blacking, 3.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.
  • noun. A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny.
  • verb. same as defame.
  • verb. to color with blackwash.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. (New Zealand) a whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team (also known as a blackout)
  • noun. (cricket) a whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team
  • noun. A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
  • noun. public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. color with blackwash
  • verb. bring (information) out of concealment
  • noun. an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
  • noun. a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores
  • noun. a wash that colors a surface black
  • Word Usage
    "I haven't forgotten the 'blackwash', the 'summer of 4 captains' and the excruciating Ashes defeats and dead rubber victories........now it's time for some payback."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    whitewash  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    variant
    defame