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swift boating

swift boating is the alternative form of swiftboating.

Meaning of swiftboating

Noun

swiftboating (uncountable)

  1. (US, derogatory) The act of attacking or discrediting a public figure or political candidate using relentless, often unfair, misleading, or unsubstantiated allegations.

Questions about swift boating

What is swift boating the alternative form of?
Swift boating is the alternative form of swiftboating.

Words near swift boating in the dictionary

  1. Swiers
  2. swies
  3. swift
  4. swift boat
  5. swift boated
  6. swift boating
  7. swift boats
  8. swift brick
  9. swift bricks
  10. Swift County
  11. Swift Current

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swift boating (page history and authors); swiftboating (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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