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impulse-buy

impulse-buy verb: to purchase without thinking or planning.

Verb

impulse-buy (third-person singular simple present impulse-buys, present participle impulse-buying, simple past and past participle impulse-bought)

  1. To purchase without thinking or planning.

Forms of impulse-buy

third-person singular presentimpulse-buys
present participleimpulse-buying
past participleimpulse-bought
pastimpulse-bought

Questions about impulse-buy

What does impulse-buy mean?
Impulse-buy means to purchase without thinking or planning.
What part of speech is impulse-buy?
Impulse-buy is a verb.
What is the past tense of impulse-buy?
The past tense of impulse-buy is impulse-bought.

Words near impulse-buy in the dictionary

  1. impulse purchase
  2. impulse purchases
  3. impulse response
  4. impulse responses
  5. impulse-bought
  6. impulse-buy
  7. impulse-buying
  8. impulse-buys
  9. impulsed
  10. impulseless
  11. impulses

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