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verb
To interpret or present a queer figure, relationship, or situation as exclusively heterosexual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dequeer
History
From straight + wash, by analogy with pinkwash.
