gravedancer
gravedancer noun: one who rejoices in the death or demise of another; one who dances on someone's grave.
Noun
gravedancer (plural gravedancers)
- One who rejoices in the death or demise of another; one who dances on someone's grave.
- Grave-dancers, for sure, all of them. But no diggers.2014, Peter Watts, Behemoth: B-Max, →ISBN
- An investor who specializes in buying failing companies or distressed properties.
- But the hangover's set in, And now a Gravedancers lookin'. It's Gravedancer times When there's panic in the land When assets sell at costs that scream, "Bail me out, man!"2000, Hilary Rosenberg, The Vulture Investors, →ISBN, page 311
- Reducing its pension liabilities to transfer large portions of employee pension money to its books, falsely showing the solidity of the corporation (only if temporarily), pumping and dumping its stock are all schemes created by useless paper-pushing crooks of Wall Street. Wake up GraveDancer!2014 May 30, Carla Fried, “Your Company Just Tossed a Pension Hot Potato in Your Lap. What Do you Do”, in Bloomberg
- One who literally dances on a grave.
- Pissed, the Iceman sends his bodyguard, the Gravedancer, off to learn who is behind them.1993, Analog Science Fact, Science Fiction - Volume 113, page 163
- Dancing on graves just makes the gravedancers look silly and annoys the crows.2010 November 26, D.F. Oliveria, “Nevada 34, Boise State 31 In Overtime”, in The Spokesman Review
Examples of gravedancer in a sentence
- But a Miami gravedancer named Boz Arlen smelled opportunity.2014, Tony Doris, Dirt, →ISBN:
- the gravedancer comes/ the man inside the truck/ dreams of forgotten tomorrows/ he no longer recalls/ how he got there/ the blood on his clothes/ his matted hair/ his bruised body/ tell no answers2010, D W Moody, The Garden, page 46:
Forms of gravedancer
| plural | gravedancers |
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Origin of gravedancer
From grave + dancer.
Questions about gravedancer
- What does gravedancer mean?
- Gravedancer means one who rejoices in the death or demise of another; one who dances on someone's grave.
- How do you use gravedancer in a sentence?
- But a Miami gravedancer named Boz Arlen smelled opportunity.
- What part of speech is gravedancer?
- Gravedancer is a noun.
- What is the plural of gravedancer?
- The plural of gravedancer is gravedancers.
Words near gravedancer in the dictionary
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