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