Swiftboat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Swiftboat is a noun meaning A type of gunboat used by the United States military on inland waterways.
Meaning
A type of gunboat used by the United States military on inland waterways.
More Meanings
- (usually used attributively) A smear campaign based on specious claims.
- (US, politics, derogatory, transitive) To attack a politician with specious claims.
- (by extension) To smear; to attack someone or something's reputation using slander, misrepresentation, or false accusations.
Example Sentences
So I saw this swiftboat TV attack on Jefferson.
Lately, however, Republican swiftboat attacks have begun to fall short.
Kilgore represents one of Willard's guides into the heart of darkness. The swiftboat captain represents another.
The men narrowly missed death when the swiftboat in front of theirs took a direct hit from a Communist rocket-propelled grenade.
Word Forms
- swiftboats
- swift boat
- swiftboating
- swiftboated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gunboat, speedboat, flyboat, bumboat, pigboat, mailboat.
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