black up

verb

Definitions

  1. To become or make (something) black or darker.

  2. To put on or wear blackface makeup.

    • Cantor starts blacking up, right then and there, painting his face with a burnt piece of cork.
  3. To make something (e.g. a film, cast, story line, etc.) more racially black in character

    To make something (e.g. a film, cast, story line, etc.) more racially black in character; blackenize.

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