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whitewash 

A term used, apparently, only where it snows. A whitewash is when you grab somebody by the back of the head, usually when wrestling, and rub their face into the snow. This is a technique primarily used during snowball fights. Made better when the whitewashee bleeds. Distant relative: the swirly.
Dude, AJ face-planted while boarding today, and Chris whitewashed him on the bunny hill!!
whitewash by mr. fluffy December 16, 2006
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whitewash 

It basically means to let go of your nationality and acting in ways "white".
Wow she just came to this country yet she doesn't have the slightest accent and rocks our style! She is soo whitewash.
whitewash by raspberry13 January 4, 2008

Whitewashing 

Whitewashing is the alteration of a characters skin tone, from black/brown to white. This is also racist due to the harmful anti black history whitewashing black characters has. In America (euro-centric features were seen as a beauty standard that bpoc (black poc) couldn’t fit. Changing a black character to look white removes the little representation for black people while also conveying an anti black message.
“__ drew a dark skin character as lightskin, so it’s whitewashing”
Whitewashing by Blk Albedo Defines November 29, 2021

Whitewashing art 

Whitewashing is the alteration of a characters skin tone, from black/brown to white. This is also racist due to the harmful anti black history whitewashing black characters has. In America (euro-centric features were seen as a beauty standard that bpoc (black poc) couldn’t fit. Changing a black character to look white removes the little representation for black people while also conveying an anti black message.
Drawing a black/brown character with a lighter skintone is whitewashing art

whitewash 

When a college basketball team of lesser talent inserts five small white guys against a stronger, more athletic team. special thanks to ESPN's Bill Simmons
Man, Bucknell totally whitewashed Kansas for the upset
whitewash by Kyle March 22, 2005

Oklahoma Whitewash 

An anal enema using hydrogen peroxide as a form of morning after birth control. Usually administered in common forms of mobile home parks in Oklahoma.
Dude 1: Dude, my sister just got an Oklahoma whitewash.

Dude 2: Really? What were you guys gonna name the kid?

Whitewashed 

A term that was created by black people to describe people of color who reject their own culture and history (consciously or subconsciously) to fit into the "mainstream".
He's so whitewashed he doesn't even know who he really is.
Whitewashed by TheSoulWalker April 7, 2015