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borking

Syllables: bork·ingUK/ˈbɔːkiŋ/US/ˈbɔɹkiŋ/

borking noun: the act of defeating a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy. Also the present participle and gerund of bork.

Noun

borking (plural borkings)

  1. (US, ambitransitive, derogatory, often) The act of defeating a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.
    • Above all it discusses the best tactics to defeat a borking. Having been in the [Ronald] Reagan White House when Robert Bork was borked, I knew something about the subject, which was a huge help when the same borking guns were turned on my friend Judge [D. Brooks] Smith years later.2006 October 30, Jeffrey Lord, “Borking Rush”, in American Spectator, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2017

Verb capitalized: Borking

Borking

  1. (gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of Bork. (Alternative letter-case form of borking.)

Also used as

borking is also the present participle and gerund of bork.

Forms of borking

Noun
pluralborkings
Verb
alternative formBorking

Origin of borking

From bork + -ing.

Questions about borking

What does borking mean?
Borking means the act of defeating a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.
What part of speech is borking?
Borking can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce borking?
Borking is pronounced /ˈbɔːkiŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of borking?
The plural of borking is borkings.

Words near borking in the dictionary

  1. borkha
  2. borkhas
  3. Borkholder
  4. Borkholders
  5. Borki
  6. borking
  7. borkings
  8. Borko
  9. Borkovsky
  10. Borkowski
  11. Borkowskis

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