Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A disease of sheep.
- To make the water white with foam by lobtailing, or splashing with the flukes, as a whale: as, “There she white-water!” a cry from the masthead.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Far.) A dangerous disease of sheep.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls
- noun frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls
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Examples
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"I'm multitasking while I sleep," says the 47-year-old tradeshow carpenter who took a portable dialysis machine with him white-water rafting in July.
A Dialysis Treatment For The Busy Patient Melinda Beck 2010
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Apparently Lisa Jackson figures that if Interior Dept CoS Tom Strickland could go white-water rafting while the oil spread, she can go raise money for the Democrats:
EPA head to fundraise for DSCC while oil spreads. | RedState 2010
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"It still looks like white-water rapids behind there, but it's greatly reduced from this morning," Riggins said late Monday morning, referring to the industrial area adjacent to the interstate where the water main broke.
Boil-water order affects 400,000 in Prince George's after massive water main break Ovetta Wiggins 2011
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Blood tests revealed that William, who had just returned in late October from a month in Africa—two days of which were spent white-water rafting down the Nile—was suffering from bilharzia, a parasitic ailment that can lead to paralysis, seizures, liver damage, even death.
William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011
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The course — contained entirely within the Kingdom of Morocco — consists of 10 stages, with extreme tasks varying from white-water rafting down dangerous rapids to skydiving over the African plains.
Behind the Scenes: Expedition Impossible's Moroccan Adventure 2011
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"It still looks like white-water rapids behind there, but it's greatly reduced from this morning," Riggins said late Monday morning, referring to the industrial area adjacent to the interstate where the water main broke.
Boil-water order affects 400,000 in Prince George's after massive water main break Ovetta Wiggins 2011
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Best Thing that Happened: I took my sons white-water rafting on the Ottawa river.
Year-End Roundup Ulysses 2009
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There are weekend trips to Heifer International's Outlook Farm, Blue Man Group, rock climbing, white-water rafting, trapeze school, etc ...
Elayna, Explo, and fundraising s00j 2009
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Best Thing that Happened: I took my sons white-water rafting on the Ottawa river.
Archive 2010-01-01 Ulysses 2010
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His story's white-water prose propels us through 60 years of tumultuous history involving the Northern Channel Islands off the coast of Ventura, Calif.
T. Coraghessan Boyle's 'When the Killing's Done,' an environmental novel 2011
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