wash out
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To cancel due to bad weather.
verb
To lose traction while going around a turn, especially in cycling, motorsports and skiing/snowboarding.
Example Sentences
- "We must wash out the bins; they are full of maggots."
- "This engine, and the branch engine, were washed out regularly after six days' work by the pumpman (but not on a Monday) the spare engine being used to cover their normal duties on such occasions."
- "He washed out the stain."
- "That stain washed out easily."
- "The sandcastle was washed out by the tide."
- "The railway, which is single track throughout, skirts the left bank of the estuary of the River Colne, and was washed out over a length of about three miles."
Etymology
From wash + out.