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POLITICK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does politick mean?
• POLITICK (verb)
The verb POLITICK has 1 sense:
1. engage in political activities
Familiarity information: POLITICK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they politick ... he / she / it politicks
Past simple: politicked
Past participle: politicked
-ing form: politicking
Past simple: politicked
Past participle: politicked
-ing form: politicking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Engage in political activities
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
This colleague is always politicking
Hypernyms (to "politick" is one way to...):
engage; prosecute; pursue (carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "politick"):
logroll (work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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