blacked

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   made darkverb

   Simple past and past participle of black.

   He blacked the iron grate with polish every Sunday morning.

   Before the night raid, the soldiers had blacked their faces with burnt cork.

   UsageWith a union or strike in the sentence, it usually means boycotted: the cargo was blacked by dockers.

   Note

   One spelling does both jobs: he blacked the grate, and the grate had been blacked. It can mean to blacken, to apply blacking such as polish, or, in British industrial disputes, to boycott. Source

   Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 4 facts

   • Blacked is both the simple past and the past participle of black. en.wiktionary.org
   • Black can mean to blacken. en.wiktionary.org
   • Black can mean to apply blacking, including polish. en.wiktionary.org
   • Black can mean to boycott in British industrial disputes. en.wiktionary.org
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   made darkadjective

   Colored black, especially through being painted, polished, or coated with something dark.

   In the farmhouse kitchen, the blacked iron range gleamed beside a stack of firewood.

   Visitors admired the blacked railings that ran along the front of the old townhouse.

   Similarblackened, darkened

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   racist sluradjectiveslangderogatoryoffensivevulgar

   Of a non-black person, especially a white woman: having had sex with a black man; used as a racist insult.

   UsageUse it only when quoting or discussing the slur; in your own voice it reads as sharing the contempt.

   Note

   Racist slang that turns a sexual partner into a mark of shame. It insults and does not describe, and nothing about it is neutral.

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