borking

bork +‎ -ing.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɔːkiŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɔɹkiŋ/
• Hyphenation: bork‧ing

borking (plural borkings)

1. (transitive, intransitive, US, politics, often derogatory) The act of defeating a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.
   • 2006 October 30, Jeffrey Lord, “Borking Rush”, in American Spectator‎, archived from the original on 17 October 2017:

     Above all it discusses the best tactics to defeat a borking. Having been in the [Ronald] Reagan White House when Robert Bork was borked, I knew something about the subject, which was a huge help when the same borking guns were turned on my friend Judge [D. Brooks] Smith years later.

borking

1. present participle of bork.

• Borking

• broking