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.
If the light can not even penetrate the surface of the substance, then the substance is referred to as opaque. Many substances that are transparent can easily contain flaws and distortions that will limit a light beam's travels through a substance and make it translucent.