whitewash

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 [U] a mixture of chalk or LIME and water, used for painting houses and walls white 2 [U,sing.] (disapproving) an attempt to hide unpleasant facts about sb/sth SYNCOVER-UP: The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash. 3 [C,usually sing.] (informal) a complete defeat in a sports game: a 70 whitewash * a whitewash victory verb [VN] 1 to cover sth such as a wall with whitewash 2 (disapproving) to try to hide unpleasant facts about sb/sth; to try to make sth seem better than it is: His wife had wanted to whitewash his reputation after he died. 3 (especially BrE) (in sport) to defeat an opponent easily