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Meaning of waterboard

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

waterboard

noun

Definitions

  1. A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.

  2. A public commission charged with overseeing water quality in a particular area.

verb

Definitions

  1. To subject to waterboarding, to pour water over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive

    Example: We waterboarded the suspect, but he refused to confess.