Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small Australian passerine bird, Xerophila leucopsis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also
white-blaze .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun hardy English breed of dairy cattle raised extensively in United States
- noun a clown whose face is covered with white make-up
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word white-face.
Examples
-
Like when he wore white-face makeup (to spoof reports that baseball's Sammy Sosa had lightened his skin.)
-
True to form, this crowd included vendors selling political memorabilia, including 'don't tread on me,' flags and buttons with President Obama's image in minstrel white-face, or with the president smoking dope.
Jeanine Molloff: In the City of Dred Scott--The Cops War on Videos of Cops Jeanine Molloff 2010
-
"Take a good look, white-face," says she, pretty sullen.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
-
She suggested the mimes consider adding dialogue to their routines and "losing the whole white-face thing."
-
You know, he's, like, an 80-year-old dancer who wears, like, kind of a white-face makeup and wears, like, old Victorian women's clothes, and he kind of just moves around in this reverie, this gracious reverie.
-
à Is that Tyler Mane in white-face and a Grizzly Adams-esque beard?
Weird ‘H2′ Set Pics, Weird ‘H2′ News, ‘H2′ is Going to Be Weird | We Are Movie Geeks 2009
-
I wonder how many degrees of separation there are between little videos like this and President Obama painted in white-face.
-
I do think the poster is striking because Obama is black; thus the white-face is all the more evocative.
-
Shaman speak wisdom words to all tribe: stone and sticks broke "white-face" bones.
Ewok Cook-Out 2005
-
Much cooler to my eye, I once watched a Carpenters documentary wherein back in the day, Richard toured with a white-face Ody on top of his piano or Wurly.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.