Whitewash - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈwaɪtwɑːʃ|  American pronunciation of the word whitewash
Brit.  |ˈwaɪtwɒʃ|  British pronunciation of the word whitewash

noun

- a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
- wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
- a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects

verb

- cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error (syn: hush up)
Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
- cover with whitewash
whitewash walls
- exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data

Extra examples

...refused to whitewash the governor's chronic disregard for the truth...

The official report into the cause of the fire was labeled a whitewash.

The walls were whitewashed and covered with bullfighting posters.

Investigators are accused of whitewashing the governor's record.

Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin

...the cunning with which Tom Sawyer was able to get others to whitewash the fence for him...

...the commercial is a part of an underhanded PR campaign to whitewash the company's environmental record...

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: whitewash
he/she/it: whitewashes
present participle: whitewashing
past tense: whitewashed
past participle: whitewashed
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