swiftboat (English, verb)
expansion: swiftboat (third-person singular simple present swiftboats, present participle swiftboating, simple past and past participle swiftboated)
Senses:
topics: government
politics
glosses: To attack a politician with specious claims.
tags: US
derogatory
transitive
glosses: To smear; to attack someone or something's reputation using slander, misrepresentation, or false accusations.
tags: broadly
Forms:
form: swiftboats
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: swiftboating
tags: participle
present
form: swiftboated
tags: participle
past
form: swiftboated
tags: past
form: swift boat
tags: alternative