Meanings
verbtransvestigate (third-person singular simple present transvestigates, present participle transvestigating, simple past and past participle transvestigated)
present singular third person transvestigates · participle present transvestigating · participle past transvestigated · past transvestigated
- InternetTo perform transvestigation; to informally investigate into whether a public figure is secretly transgender, generally by analyzing that person's appearance and anatomical structure.First known use mid-2010s
The poster has transvestigated this celebrity because of her defined jawline.
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Who are transvestigators, and what does it mean to transvestigate?
2024 August 14, Quispe López, “How “Transvestigation” Crawled Out of the Worst Corners of the Internet Into the Mainstream”, in Them, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2024
Origin
Translations
French transvestiguer
- transvestiguerto investigate someone's gender
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with transvestigate
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APA
transvestigate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transvestigate
MLA
“transvestigate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transvestigate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transvestigate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transvestigate.
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