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McBoatface

Syllables: Mc·Boat·face/məkˈbəʊtfeɪs/US/mɪkˈboʊtfeɪs/

McBoatface is the clipping of Boaty McBoatface.

Meaning of Boaty McBoatface

Verb

Boaty McBoatface (third-person singular simple present Boaty McBoatfaces, present participle Boaty McBoatfacing, simple past and past participle Boaty McBoatfaced)

  1. (humorous, neologism, transitive) To hijack or troll (a vote, especially one held online; or an organization conducting such a vote), by supporting a joke option.
    • [Donald] Trump is Boaty McBoatfacing the presidential election.2016 May 3, @GeorgeWept, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2022
    Synonyms:
    McBoatface

See all 2 meanings of Boaty McBoatface

Forms of McBoatface

third-person singular presentMcBoatfaces
present participleMcBoatfacing
past participleMcBoatfaced
pastMcBoatfaced

Origin of McBoatface

Clipping of Boaty McBoatface (verb).

Words formed from McBoatface

Phrases with McBoatface

Questions about McBoatface

What is McBoatface the clipping of?
McBoatface is the clipping of Boaty McBoatface.
How do you pronounce McBoatface?
McBoatface is pronounced /məkˈbəʊtfeɪs/ (UK).

Words near McBoatface in the dictionary

  1. McBlains
  2. McBlais
  3. McBlane
  4. McBlanes
  5. McBling
  6. McBoatface
  7. McBoatfaced
  8. McBoatfaces
  9. McBoatfacing
  10. McBrain
  11. McBrains

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: McBoatface (page history and authors); Boaty McBoatface (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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