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Definition of bork in English: borkverbˈbɔːkbôrk [with object]US informal Obstruct (someone, especially a candidate for public office) by systematically defaming or vilifying them. 〈美，非正式〉通过诋毁阻挠 ‘We're going to bork him’, said an opponent is fear of borking scaring people from public office? Example sentencesExamples - They said nothing about the borking of Gore—and they said nothing about Michael Kelly's excesses.
- Of course, the fact that the press borked Gore for twenty straight months will seldom be mentioned in the press corps' narrations.
- For five months, I quietly endured the Senator borking me as someone not "committed to bridging differences and bringing peace" and a Washington Post editorial criticizing me as "a destroyer" of cultural bridges, among other slings.
- In short, this is borking pure and simple.
- The Democrats' attempted borking of Thomas was one of the low moments of modern political history, one that I believe nearly all thinking Democrats are ashamed of.
- The term ‘borking’ has come to mean unfair opposition to a judicial nominee, but what is borking and what is legitimate ‘advice and consent,’ as called for under the Constitution, remains unclear.
- Horace Cooper recalls the pre-Bork borking of this judge.
- More preposterous still, they're disguising this pre-emptive borking as a plea for a "consensus" choice.
- Don't go borking someone you don't even know.
- If the Democrats really wanted to stop him, they'd bork him—bork him like nobody has ever been borked before.
Synonyms obstruct, impede, interfere with, hinder, hamper, block, interrupt, hold up, hold back, stand in the way of, frustrate, thwart, baulk, inhibit, hamstring, sabotage, encumber, restrain, slow, slow down, retard, delay, stonewall, forestall, arrest, check, stop, halt, stay, derail, restrict, limit, curb, put a brake on, bridle, fetter, shackle
Origin1980s: from the name of Robert Bork (1927–2012), an American judge whose nomination to the Supreme Court (1987) was rejected following unfavourable publicity for his allegedly extreme views. Definition of bork in US English: bork(also Bork) verbbôrk [with object]US informal Obstruct (someone, especially a candidate for public office) through systematic defamation or vilification. 〈美，非正式〉通过诋毁阻挠 “We're going to bork him,” said an opponent is fear of borking scaring people from public office? Example sentencesExamples - If the Democrats really wanted to stop him, they'd bork him—bork him like nobody has ever been borked before.
- The term ‘borking’ has come to mean unfair opposition to a judicial nominee, but what is borking and what is legitimate ‘advice and consent,’ as called for under the Constitution, remains unclear.
- Of course, the fact that the press borked Gore for twenty straight months will seldom be mentioned in the press corps' narrations.
- For five months, I quietly endured the Senator borking me as someone not "committed to bridging differences and bringing peace" and a Washington Post editorial criticizing me as "a destroyer" of cultural bridges, among other slings.
- The Democrats' attempted borking of Thomas was one of the low moments of modern political history, one that I believe nearly all thinking Democrats are ashamed of.
- Horace Cooper recalls the pre-Bork borking of this judge.
- Don't go borking someone you don't even know.
- In short, this is borking pure and simple.
- More preposterous still, they're disguising this pre-emptive borking as a plea for a "consensus" choice.
- They said nothing about the borking of Gore—and they said nothing about Michael Kelly's excesses.
Synonyms obstruct, impede, interfere with, hinder, hamper, block, interrupt, hold up, hold back, stand in the way of, frustrate, thwart, baulk, inhibit, hamstring, sabotage, encumber, restrain, slow, slow down, retard, delay, stonewall, forestall, arrest, check, stop, halt, stay, derail, restrict, limit, curb, put a brake on, bridle, fetter, shackle
Origin1980s: from the name of Robert Bork (1927–2012), an American judge whose nomination to the Supreme Court (1987) was rejected following unfavorable publicity for his allegedly extreme views. |