GERRYMANDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gerrymander mean? 

• GERRYMANDER (noun)
  The noun GERRYMANDER has 1 sense:

1. an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)

  Familiarity information: GERRYMANDER used as a noun is very rare.

• GERRYMANDER (verb)
  The verb GERRYMANDER has 1 sense:

1. divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts

  Familiarity information: GERRYMANDER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GERRYMANDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("gerrymander" is a kind of...):

cheat; cheating (a deception for profit to yourself)

Derivation:

gerrymander (divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts)

• GERRYMANDER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they gerrymander    ... he / she / it gerrymanders   
Past simple: gerrymandered   
Past participle: gerrymandered   
-ing form: gerrymandering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "gerrymander" is one way to...):

divide; part; separate (come apart)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

gerrymander (an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage))