A white person; paddy: He was a ''cream'' in a car full of home boys and bloods from the black projects (1980s+ Black) verb. To cheat or deprive someone of something, esp by silky glibness: I got creamed out of the hotel spot in Ohio/ a smoothie who wolfed on a friend and creamed his lady (1920s+)
opaque in British English. See all translations. uk â /ÉÊËpeÉªk/ us â /oÊËpeÉªk/. âº preventing light from travelling through, and therefore not transparent or translucent: opaque glass/tights.
âº difficult to understand or know about, especially because things have been intentionally kept secret or made complicated: Governments have been able to maintain opaque and discriminatory procurement practices. Accounting firms have been notoriously opaque about their finances in the past.