wash-out, s.F:aThe business is a wash-out, tá an gnó ina phraiseach; tá cliste ar fad ar an ngnó. The play was a wash-out, bhí an dráma go hainnis. b(Of pers.) He is a wash-out, níl ann ach cúl le rath.
wash out, v.tr.1aBainim (smál) amach (lena ní). Lit: To wash out an insult in blood, fuil a dhoirteadh in éiric mhasla. F: Let us wash out the whole business, fágaimis marbh mar scéal é. You can wash that right out, féadfair an méid sin a chur glan as do cheann. bNím, sruthlaím (buidéal). cMin: To wash out the gold, an t-ór a scagadh. 2(Of stain) Imíonn leis an níochán.