whitewater

¹

or white-wa·ter

[ hwahyt-waw-ter, -wot-er, wahyt- ]

adjective

1. of or moving over or through rapids:

   whitewater rafting down the Colorado River.

Whitewater

²

[ hwahyt-waw-ter, -wot-er, wahyt- ]

noun

1. a town in SE Wisconsin.

Word History and Origins

Origin of whitewater¹

First recorded in 1900–05; from white water

Example Sentences

I spent runoff season this year chasing whitewater along the spine of the Rockies, where the impacts of a long-range megadrought feel increasingly painful and obvious.

From Outside Online

For two summers in a rugged corner of Idaho’s Pioneer Mountains, the roar of rushing whitewater filled the air.

From Science News

Birds were especially deterred by whitewater noise pitches that overlapped with birdsong.

From Science News

At 60 study sites near streams, the researchers broadcast whitewater noise at different volumes and frequencies, or pitches, creating the auditory illusion of rushing rivers.

From Science News

Sundog first arrived on the lake nearly three decades ago after his first run through Cataract Canyon, which at flood stage boasts America’s biggest whitewater, ending unceremoniously in the slackwater of Lake Powell.

From Outside Online

Rishikesh is now considered the yoga capital of the world but is also a center for whitewater rafting and treks in the Himalaya.

From The Daily Beast

But part of the reason Clinton agreed was that he knew he and Hillary had done nothing wrong on Whitewater.

From The Daily Beast

When she was first lady, the GOP dragged Clinton into a non-scandal called Whitewater.

From The Daily Beast

Is this a Benghazi misdirection from those masters of deception in the White House, a latter day Whitewater?

From The Daily Beast

Tickets are hard to get for the confab, which combines discussion of global economic issues—and whitewater rafting.

From The Daily Beast

We drove with oxen and a wagon to the so-called Skoponong Settlement near Whitewater.

From Project Gutenberg

John, as we understood, went to Wisconsin and settled in Whitewater.

From Project Gutenberg

Three years ago I turned her out to graze at Whitewater with a bunch of others, as an incorrigible rogue and vagabond.

From Project Gutenberg

Thanks to the influence and consideration of Fyles, she had been spared the ordeal of the trial in Whitewater.

From Project Gutenberg

We came to the village of Richmond, on the east branch of Whitewater, four miles.

From Project Gutenberg