Usually means: Artificial grassroots movement, deceptive strategy.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. Astroturf: Merriam-Webster
  2. AstroTurf: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. astroturf: The Word Spy
  4. AstroTurf: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Astroturf: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Astroturf, astroturf: Wordnik
  7. Astroturf, astroturf: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. AstroTurf, Astroturf, astroturf: Wiktionary
  9. AstroTurf: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Astroturf: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. AstroTurf: Dictionary.com
  12. Astroturf: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. AstroTurf, Astroturf: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. AstroTurf: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. astroturf: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  16. Astroturf: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ASTROTURF: Band Terms

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. astroturf: Netlingo

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. astroturf: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Football Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Sports Terms (No longer online)

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noun:  A synthetic material used in sports grounds as a durable substitute for natural grass.
verb:  To cover with an artificial grass-like material.
verb:  (politics, usually lowercase) To fabricate an impression of political support for an agenda.
adjective:  Of a group created by a larger organisation (especially a corporation or political party), but presenting itself as a grassroots organisation.
noun:  (US, politics) A campaign designed to appear like a genuine popular (or grassroots) movement, that does not have such popular support.
noun:  (US, politics) Alternative form of Astroturf. [(US, politics) A campaign designed to appear like a genuine popular (or grassroots) movement, that does not have such popular support.]
verb:  Alternative spelling of Astroturf [To cover with an artificial grass-like material.]
noun:  Alternative spelling of AstroTurf [A synthetic material used in sports grounds as a durable substitute for natural grass.]
noun:  Alternative spelling of AstroTurf [A synthetic material used in sports grounds as a durable substitute for natural grass.]

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