Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. White facial makeup: a mime performing in whiteface.
- n. A white-faced animal, especially a Hereford.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- white + face (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The image of a black man in whiteface is practically non-existent in American culture.”
“Anyway, what is the image of Obama in whiteface supposed to mean?”
“There are not just a "few signs" that are at the protesting rallies that are inappropriate, such as Obama in whiteface, etc. – there are several.”
“If they had cast Kenan Thompson as Obama, would he have had to do it in whiteface and would that have been alright?”
“In an interview with The New Yorker three and a half decades later, when her husband was vice president of the United States, Lynne Cheney said that she distinctly remembered ‘going to class and having to walk through people in whiteface, conducting guerrilla theater, often swinging animal entrails over their heads, as part of a protest against Dow Chemical.’”
“While it was supposedly a parody of the Jackson Five and Michael Jackson, it had nothing at all to do with either, other than the costume worn by the lead dancer in whiteface.”
“In addition to electrifying audiences with his Othello, he became famous for his performances as Shylock, Macbeth, and King Lear, all in whiteface.”
“Although the title of the picture is "Evil Clown," and the image bears some resemblance to The Joker of Batman lore, how can this picture not be construed as a racially-motivated attempt to literally paint Barack Obama in "whiteface"?”
Pinellas GOP posts inflammatory photo of Barack Obama in "white face"
“(The whole "whiteface" thing, I think, makes the Obama version much more”
“(The whole" whiteface "thing, I think, makes the Obama version much more”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘whiteface’.
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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white phrase/words
how white is used
white acajou, white-aproned, white fir, white-armed, white-back, white-arsed, white elm, white-ash breeze, white admiral, white-fly, white ale, white ash and 591 more...
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About Face
face, about face, about-face, facet, faced, face card, face value, face facts, facetious, Janus-faced, Boniface, volte-face and 70 more...
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Clownage
A list for anything to do with clowns.
clownage, clown car, greasepaint, Bim Bom, Buffo, clown shoes, hoop clown, red nose, Cepillín, payaso, Otto Griebling, Grock and 20 more...
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Black or White
black and white, snow-white, coal-black, blacksmith, whitesmith, blackball, white-box testing, Blackberry, white pages, black book, white paper, blacklist and 107 more...
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Rillons of Random Palavery
A list for terms and phrases that I haven't (yet) entered into themed lists, including my series of various 151-word Random Palavery lists. Constructions that catch my eye, ring in my ears, tease m...
ridge cucumber, co-CEO, debt worry, jackalope bustiere, gimblette, ring-biscuit, cobnut, poussoir, praire, coque rayée, rigadelle, coing and 1459 more...
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