"bobbitt" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bobbitts [present, singular, third-person], bobbitting [participle, present], bobbitted [participle, past], bobbitted [past]
Etymology: From the surname of John Wayne Bobbitt, whose wife cut off his penis during his sleep. Head templates: {{en-verb}} bobbitt (third-person singular simple present bobbitts, present participle bobbitting, simple past and past participle bobbitted)
  1. (informal, transitive) To cut off the penis of (a man). Tags: informal, transitive Derived forms: pull a Bobbitt

Inflected forms

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