blackwash
English
noun
Definitions
- (slang) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
- (slang) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
- (medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
- (slang) public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
- (chiefly) A villainization campaign
Etymology
Suffix from English black (dark haired, black haired), black (dark haired, black haired) + English wash.
Origin
English
wash
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Blackacre English
- Blackbeard English
- Blackface English
- Blackophobe English
- Blacktown English
- Blackwood English
- Sabbathesque English
- antiblack English
- awash English
- backwash English
- bagwash English
- bewash English
- black English
- black Irish English
- black light English
- black sanctus English
- black swan English
- black truffle English
- black-haired English
- black-hearted English
- blackamoor English
- blackback English
- blackball English
- blackband English
- blackberry English
- blackbird English
- blackboard English
- blackboy English
- blackbuck English
- blackbutt English
- blackcap English
- blackchin English
- blackcoat English
- blackcock English
- blackdamp English
- blackdar English
- blacken English
- blacker English
- blacketh English
- blackeye English
- blackface English
- blackfaced English
- blackfella English
- blackfeller English
- blackfellow English
- blackfin English
- blackfish English
- blackfly English
- blackfulla English
- blackgame English
- blackgrass English
- blackguard English
- blackheart English
- blackify English
- blackish English
- blackism English
- blackity-black English
- blackjack English
- blacklead English
- blackleg English
- blackless English
- blacklight English
- blackline English
- blacklip English
- blacklist English
- blackly English
- blackmouth English
- blackness English
- blackophilia English
- blackophobic English
- blackpoll English
- blackride English
- blackrider English
- blackroot English
- blacksalter English
- blackshirt English
- blackskin English
- blacksmelt English
- blacksmith English
- blacksnake English
- blackspeak English
- blacksplain English
- blackspot English
- blackstart English
- blackster English
- blackstrap English
- blacktail English
- blackthorn English
- blacktip English
- blacktop English
- blackware English
- blackwashed English
- blackwashes English
- blackwashing English
- blackwater English
- blackwood English
- blackwork English
- blackworm English
- blacky English
- bluewash English
- bootblack English
- brainwash English
- cagewash English
- ciswash English
- cloudwash English
- dogwash English
- downwash English
- eyewash English
- facewash English
- forblack English
- handwash English
- hillwash English
- hogwash English
- hotwash English
- interblack English
- inwash English
- jet-black English
- jetwash English
- lampblack English
- limewash English
- monoblack English
- mouthwash English
- nonblack English
- outwash English
- overwash English
- pigwash English
- pinkwash English
- postblack English
- prewash English
- pro-black English
- propwash English
- quasiblack English
- rainwash English
- rewash English
- screenwash English
- shoeblack English
- slopewash English
- stonewash English
- straightwash English
- superwash English
- toothblack English
- toothwash English
- transblack English
- unblack English
- upwash English
- wash English
- wash out English
- wash-ball English
- washability English
- washable English
- washback English
- washbag English
- washbasin English
- washboard English
- washbowl English
- washcloth English
- washday English
- washdirt English
- washdish English
- washdown English
- washee English
- washen English
- washer English
- washery English
- washest English
- washeth English
- washfast English
- washhouse English
- washkit English
- washland English
- washlet English
- washline English
- washload English
- washman English
- washover English
- washpan English
- washplace English
- washplant English
- washpot English
- washproof English
- washrack English
- washrag English
- washroom English
- washstall English
- washstand English
- washtub English
- washwater English
- washwipe English
- washwoman English
- washy English
- whitewash English
- wokewash English
- black French
- ブラック Japanese
- blak Middle English
- washen Middle English
- μπλάκης Greek (modern)
- waswas Cebuano
- bläg Volapük
- blak Tok Pisin
- washa Swati
- wasi Sranan Tongo
- blak Bislama
- wash
- awash
- washy
- black
- washer
- washee
- upwash
- bewash
- blacky
- inwash
- washen
- rewash
- washest
- washery
- washbag
- washman
- washpan
- eyewash
- blacker
- washeth
- outwash
- hogwash
- unblack
- jetwash
- washlet
- prewash
- blackly
- dogwash
- washtub
- washpot
- washrag
- hotwash
- bagwash
- washday
- pigwash
- blacken
- ciswash
- washkit
- washdirt
- blackcap
- wash out
- blackfly
- limewash
- blackleg
- wokewash
- washline
- blackism
- washfast
- washroom
- bluewash
- washload
- blacketh
- washwipe
- downwash
- pinkwash
- backwash
- blackeye
- hillwash
- blacklip
- nonblack
- blackify
- handwash
- blackdar
- blacktip
- rainwash
- washback
- blackboy
- propwash
- washbowl
- washland
- facewash
- overwash
- washdown
- blacktop
- washable
- blackish
- washdish
- cagewash
- forblack
- washover
- washrack
- blackfin
- postblack
- wash-ball
- Blackface
- blackball
- blackbutt
- blackroot
- Blacktown
- whitewash
- blackback
- blackware
- blackgame
- blacklist
- blackskin
- blackness
- blackwood
- lampblack
- blackworm
- washplant
- brainwash
- blacklead
- mouthwash
- washcloth
- blackwork
- blackster
- monoblack
- washproof
- washbasin
- slopewash
- washwoman
- superwash
- stonewash
- blackride
- washwater
- shoeblack
- blackcock
- blackless
- blackline
- washstand
- blackfish
- washplace
- washstall
- washhouse
- blackbuck
- antiblack
- jet-black
- blacktail
- blackcoat
- toothwash
- Blackwood
- blackchin
- blackspot
- blackbird
- blackdamp
- pro-black
- blackjack
- Blackacre
- cloudwash
- blackface
- blackpoll
- washboard
- blackband
- bootblack
- blackspeak
- blackberry
- blacksmelt
- blacksnake
- blackamoor
- blackfella
- interblack
- Blackbeard
- blackmouth
- blackgrass
- blackshirt
- blackrider
- black swan
- blackstrap
- blackguard
- blackstart
- blackboard
- transblack
- quasiblack
- blackthorn
- blackfulla
- blackwater
- blacksmith
- blackheart
- screenwash
- blacklight
- blackfaced
- toothblack
- blackwashed
- blackfeller
- blacksplain
- washability
- blackfellow
- black Irish
- blackwashes
- black light
- blacksalter
- Blackophobe
- blackophobic
- black-haired
- straightwash
- Sabbathesque
- blackwashing
- blackophilia
- black-hearted
- black truffle
- black sanctus
- blackity-black