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blackwater rafting

blackwater rafting noun: travelling by raft in water where there are no rapids.

Noun

blackwater rafting (uncountable)

  1. Travelling by raft in water where there are no rapids.

Origin of blackwater rafting

Coined as an opposing term, since white and black are opposite shades.

Questions about blackwater rafting

What does blackwater rafting mean?
Blackwater rafting means travelling by raft in water where there are no rapids.
What part of speech is blackwater rafting?
Blackwater rafting is a noun.

Words near blackwater rafting in the dictionary

  1. blackwashes
  2. blackwashing
  3. blackwater
  4. Blackwater and Hawley
  5. blackwater fever
  6. blackwater rafting
  7. Blackwater State
  8. blackwaters
  9. blackweed
  10. Blackwelder
  11. Blackwelders

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