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gravestand

/ˈɡɹeɪ̯v.stænd/

gravestand verb: to exploit someone's death for a selfish purpose.

Verb

gravestand (third-person singular simple present gravestands, present participle gravestanding, simple past and past participle gravestood)

  1. (derogatory, slang) To exploit someone's death for a selfish purpose.
    • I'm not trying to gravestand here or anything, but I'm genuinely curious if JewWario would be alive today if Angry Joe hadn't fucked him and the rest of Blistered Thumbs over?2017 July 17, Kama [username], “Re: Flustered Fernando and the Seven Pesos”, in Dead Horse Interchange, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2025
    • You’re the guy who buddies around with people who mocked me for being a suicide survivor and laughed about it, and gravestood on people after they just passed right in front of their widow.2021 August 21, Bad Opinions Serpico [username], Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2025

Forms of gravestand

third-person singular presentgravestands
present participlegravestanding
past participlegravestood
pastgravestood

Origin of gravestand

Blend of grave + grandstand.

Words formed from gravestand

Questions about gravestand

What does gravestand mean?
Gravestand means to exploit someone's death for a selfish purpose.
What part of speech is gravestand?
Gravestand is a verb.
How do you pronounce gravestand?
Gravestand is pronounced /ˈɡɹeɪ̯v.stænd/.
What is the past tense of gravestand?
The past tense of gravestand is gravestood.

Words near gravestand in the dictionary

  1. gravesite
  2. gravesites
  3. gravesome
  4. Graveson
  5. gravest
  6. gravestand
  7. gravestanding
  8. gravestands
  9. gravestead
  10. gravesteads
  11. gravestone

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