black and white

Meaning

Noun

1. (US, slang) A police patrol car.
2. (US, broadly, slang) The police, a police officer or the clothing they wear.
3. A type of giant cookie (about eight inches in diameter) with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.
4. A kind of ice cream soda with chocolate and vanilla flavors.

Adj

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of black-and-white (of an image, a video, etc: in black, white, and perhaps shades of grey, rather than in colour)
2. (figuratively, idiomatic) Easily divided into diametrically opposing camps or schools of thought.

Synonyms

monochrome

black-and-white

right and wrong

written communication

written language

merits

native

pepper-and-salt

piebald

pros and cons

snake

🐍

sea snake

black and white advertisement

white and black

alternate

black pied

calico

decisive

explicitly

grizzled

Translations

noir et blanc

blanco y negro

schwarzweiß

Amerikaner

🇺🇸/🇲🇵/🇺🇲

bianco e nero

Schwarzweiß

schwarz-weiß

abwechselnd

fotografia en blanc i negre

Schwarz und Weiß

Monochrom

sw

schwarz und weiß

llenguatge escrit

Etymology

The police car sense reflects a traditional livery scheme for such cars.