gazunder
UK/ɡəˈzʌn.də/US/ɡəˈzʌn.dɚ/
gazunder verb: to swindle by making an offer on a property under the false pretense of good faith but then reducing the offer (normally just before contracts are exchanged), knowing that the threat of collapsing the property chain is likely to force the seller into accepting the amount of loss that they were cheated out of.
Verb
gazunder (third-person singular simple present gazunders, present participle gazundering, simple past and past participle gazundered)
- To swindle by making an offer on a property under the false pretense of good faith but then reducing the offer (normally just before contracts are exchanged), knowing that the threat of collapsing the property chain is likely to force the seller into accepting the amount of loss that they were cheated out of.
Noun
gazunder (plural gazunders)
- A chamber pot.
- While Frank and Walt and Lou and Tommy had looked on, their mam had filled the guzunder up to its rim with a grotesque and undiscriminating mix of spirits […].2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 318
Forms of gazunder
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | gazunders |
| present participle | gazundering |
| past participle | gazundered |
| past | gazundered |
| Noun | |
| plural | gazunders |
| alternative form | guzunder |
Origin of gazunder
Blend of gazump + under.
Because it "goes under" the bed. Correct - particularly colloquial in north of England - refers to pot for night soil which was kept under the bed, as toilets were outside (or even down the street).
Words that rhyme with gazunder
- under
- wonder
- blunder
- plunder
- asunder
- thunder
- chunder
- sunder
- dunder
- funder
- land under
- nine days' wonder
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Questions about gazunder
- What does gazunder mean?
- Gazunder means to swindle by making an offer on a property under the false pretense of good faith but then reducing the offer (normally just before contracts are exchanged), knowing that the threat of collapsing the property chain is likely to force the seller into accepting the amount of loss that they were cheated out of.
- What part of speech is gazunder?
- Gazunder can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce gazunder?
- Gazunder is pronounced /ɡəˈzʌn.də/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of gazunder?
- The past tense of gazunder is gazundered.
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