waterboard
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waterboard
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From Middle English water boarde, waterbord, equivalent to water + board. Compare West Frisian wetterboard (“waterboard”), Dutch waterbord (“waterboard”), German Wassertafel (“waterboard”), Danish vandbræt (“waterboard”), Swedish vattenbräda (“waterboard”), Icelandic vatnsbretti (“waterboard”).
noun waterboards
- A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.
- A public commission charged with overseeing water quality in a particular area. The waterboard argued that the quality of the water was good […]
verb waterboards · waterboarding · waterboarded
- To subject to waterboarding, to pour water over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive. We waterboarded the suspect, but he refused to confess.
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verb to subject to waterboarding
| Español | torturar a lo submarino, hacer el submarino, hacer waterboarding (wáterbordin), waterbordear, submarinear |
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| 中文 | 水刑 shuǐxíng |
Talk about this word "waterboard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/waterboard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. waterboard. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/waterboard "waterboard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/waterboard.Cite this
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title = {waterboard},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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