Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb to wash (blue jeans) in acid, so as to cause the color to fade.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb wash with acid so as to achieve a bleached look
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Examples
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Bad rap, acid-wash jeans, and giant purple spheres?
2010 February 2010
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Bad rap, acid-wash jeans, and giant purple spheres?
Closing Ceremonies: The Live Blog - Andrew Coyne's Blog, Vancouver 2010 - Macleans.ca 2010
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This denim pant can easily pass for an acid-wash eighties music video costume, boasting a waistband that can fall closer to your bust than your waistline.
The Style Checklist Lloyd Boston 2010
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This denim pant can easily pass for an acid-wash eighties music video costume, boasting a waistband that can fall closer to your bust than your waistline.
The Style Checklist Lloyd Boston 2010
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This denim pant can easily pass for an acid-wash eighties music video costume, boasting a waistband that can fall closer to your bust than your waistline.
The Style Checklist Lloyd Boston 2010
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But Andre Agassi also adds the value of style -- and it's no exaggeration to say that with his neon pink 1980s spandex, his acid-wash jean shorts, the hightops, and, of course, the hair, Agassi did more for the spectator element of tennis than anyone since McEnroe.
Ashley Rindsberg: Fernando Verdasco, Tennis' New Beckham 2009
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Although he did create an acid-wash denim puff skirt for his casting session.
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Gone are the acid-wash miniskirts of the 1980s, and the long, ruffled-edged prairie skirts inspired by Western frontier times.
Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005
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Gone are the acid-wash miniskirts of the 1980s, and the long, ruffled-edged prairie skirts inspired by Western frontier times.
Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005
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Gone are the acid-wash miniskirts of the 1980s, and the long, ruffled-edged prairie skirts inspired by Western frontier times.
Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005
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