blacking

Plural: blackings

Noun

• A preparation, often polish, used to make something black.
• a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear
• A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating.
• Shoe polish.
• A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.

Verb

• make or become black
• present participle and gerund of black

Examples

• My opponent’s strategic BLACKING of the premium squares left me with few options.

Synonyms

black, blacken, melanise, melanize, nigrify, shoe polish

Antonyms

whiten