Overview of noun whitewash

The noun whitewash has 3 senses

• whitewash -- (a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score)


• whitewash -- (wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces)


• whitewash -- (a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects)

Overview of verb whitewash

The verb whitewash has 3 senses

• whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up -- (cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes")


• whitewash -- (cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls")


• whitewash -- (exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data)