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.
All rights reserved. Etymologies. Middle English opake, shady, and French opaque, opaque (from Old French, shady), both from Latin opÄcus. From Middle English opake, from Latin opacus (shaded, shady, dark) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque.