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doxxing

doxxing is the present participle and gerund of doxx.

Meaning of doxx

Verb

doxx (third-person singular simple present doxxes, present participle doxxing, simple past and past participle doxxed)

  1. (Internet, slang, transitive) To publish personal information of (a person) without their consent.
    • and we do what you say because? the fact you claim to be an exscn from arizona when in fact you have been doxxed as a peon from NYC? or maybe you think we should forget the 4000 posts slamming everyone from alert to znalo posted at such a rate you have to be mainlining amphetamine sulphate?2008 August 20, Jinkii <Jinkii2@googlemail.com>, “Posting on ars doesn't actually introduce Scientology to more people...”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Oct...
  2. (Internet, slang, transitive) To reveal the operator of (an anonymous online account) without their consent.

Questions about doxxing

What is doxxing the present participle and gerund of?
Doxxing is the present participle and gerund of doxx.

Words near doxxing in the dictionary

  1. doxxees
  2. doxxer
  3. doxxers
  4. doxxes
  5. doxxin
  6. doxxing
  7. doxy
  8. doxycyclin
  9. doxycycline
  10. doxycyclines
  11. doxylamine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: doxxing (page history and authors); doxx (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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