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
whitewash (n.)
cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; Lets not whitewash the crimes of Stalin; She tried to gloss over her mistakes
[ Syn: gloss over , sleek over , hush up ]
cover with whitewash; whitewash walls'
exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data