RED-LETTER Pronunciation (US): Dictionary entry overview: What does red-letter mean? • RED-LETTER (adjective) The adjective RED-LETTER has 1 sense: 1. memorable for being a special occasion Familiarity information: RED-LETTER used as an adjective is very rare. Dictionary entry details • RED-LETTER (adjective) Sense 1 red-letter [BACK TO TOP] Meaning: Memorable for being a special occasion Context example: on red-letter nights a large gathering greeted the celebrity Similar: unforgettable (impossible to forget)

'His talking is whitewash' means 'his talking is just an attempt to hide unpleasant facts about somebody/something. The word 'whitewash' is used here to show that we do not approve of something or somebody.

A red-letter day is an important day, or a day that you will remember, because of sth good that happened then.

Verb 1. whitewash - cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes" hush up, sleek over, gloss over cover up, cover - hide from view or knowledge; "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House" 2. whitewash - cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls" wash - apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to calcimine - cover with calcimine; "calcimine the walls" 3. whitewash - exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data acquit, assoil, exculpate, exonerate, discharge, clear - pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"

Whitewash Noun 1. whitewash - a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score defeat, licking - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking" 2. whitewash - wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces wash - a thin coat of water-base paint 3. whitewash - a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects clearing - the act of freeing from suspicion