Yes, we admire each other very much,
warts and all.war zonen. an area where things get
rough; a tough neighborhood. Unfor-
tunately our offices are in a war zone, and
we have to be on the way home before
dark. The drug dealers and the gangs
have turned many of our neighborhoods
into war zones.
wash 1. in. to be believed. (As if untruth
were a stain that will not come out in the
wash.) It sounds phony. It won’t wash.
That’ll never wash! It’s totally unbe-
lievable. 2. n. a drink that follows a pre-
vious drink; a chaser. He ordered a
beer wash with his snort. Can I have a
wash with this, bartender? 3. n. the almost
simultaneous sale and purchase of the
same stock, usually to make the stock ap-
pear to be trading actively. (Securities
markets. The practice is illegal. Tax loss
selling must be done in such a way to
avoid appearing to be a wash.) I sold
the stock and couldn’t buy it back for thirty
days to avoid an illegal wash. The IRS
ruled that the sale was a wash and that I
couldn’t take the tax loss. 4. n. a white-
wash or covering up (of a problem).
What the administration presented was
not an explanation but a wash. We d on’t
want a wash. We want the truth.
was hadGo to been had.
washboard absn. heavily marked ab-
dominal muscles, divided into six equal
sections. If I work out hard enough I
can build those washboard abs.
washed outmod. exhausted; tired. I feel
too washed out to go to work today. Poor
Ted really looks washed out.
wash out 1. in. to fail and be removed
from something, such as school. (See also
washout.) I studied all I could, but I
still washed out. I don’t want to wash
out. It’s my whole future. 2. in. to have a
serious wreck; to wipe out. The little
car washed out on the curve. The vehi-
cles have a tendency to wash out when cor-
nering. 3. in. to lose a large amount of
money. Fred washed out on that stock
deal. Lefty and Bruno washed out at the
track. 4. in. to slow down or collapse
from exhaustion. (See also washed out.)
The whole play began to wash out dur-
ing the second act. It was a lost cause by
the third. Finally, after a long day, I just
washed out. They had to call the para-
medics.
washoutn. a failure; a fiasco. The whole
project was a washout. A lost cause from
beginning to end. I am beginning to
think that Sally’s specialty is washouts.
wash someone awaytv. to kill someone.
(Underworld.) Ziggy was charged with
trying to wash Pete away.TThe mob trig-
gers came by and tried to wash away a
druggy type.
WASP 1. n. a white Anglo-Saxon protes-
tant. (Usually derogatory. Acronym.)
Would you call Pete a WASP? Not really.
The west side is where the WASPs live. 2.
mod. having to do with white Anglo-
Saxon protestants; waspish. They pre-
ferred to live in a WASP neighborhood.
What a silly old WASP idea.
waspishmod. in the manner of a WASP.
She looks sort of waspish, but she’s not.
Sally is a waspish kind of yuppie.
Wassup?Go to Wusup?
wastetv. to kill someone. (Underworld.)
Ziggy had orders to waste Pete. The
mob’s triggers sped by in a car and wasted
four pushers.
wasted 1. mod. dead; killed. Pete didn’t
want to end up wasted. That’s silly. We
all end up wasted one way or another. 2.
mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. I
really feel wasted. What did I drink? I’ve
never seen a bartender get wasted before.- mod. exhausted. I worked two shifts
and I’m totally wasted. Mary was
wasted and went to bed.
Watch it!exclam. Be careful!; Watch your
step!; Careful of what you say! Watc h
it, buster! You’re walking on thin ice.
Watc h it!
Watch my lips! and Read my lips! 1. ex-
clam. I am going to say something rude
to you that I will not say out loud! Yo u
jerk! Watch my lips! Hey, chum! Read
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