swift boat English

Meaning swift boat meaning

What does swift boat mean?

swift boat noun

— A small, shallow draft water vessel used by the United States navy for counterinsurgency (COIN) operations during the Vietnam War; Fast Patrol Craft (PCF).

swift boat verb

— (US, neologism, pejorative, transitive) to put forth sensational negative stories about a political figure as part of a smear campaign against them, especially regarding their military record