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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 activitiesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


POLITICK (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they politick  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it politicks  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: politicked  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: politicked  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: politicking  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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