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rugpull

rugpull is the alternative form of rug-pull.

rugpull is the alternative form of rug pull.

Meaning of rug-pull

Noun

rug-pull (plural rug-pulls)

  1. (figuratively) A sudden revelation that completely contradicts the assumptions one has been led to believe.
    • Perhaps this necessity to be on guard for the next rug-pull is what makes A Footstep of Air proceed in fatiguing seesaws instead of invigorating changes of pace.1977, The Nation, volume 224, New York, N.Y.: Joseph H. Richards, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 413, column 3
  2. A fraud or scheme where the leaders of a project or company (especially in cryptocurrency) deceive others into investing, before the project or company is abandoned or found to lack value.
    • Victims of rug pulls are often left with little recourse against nameless thieves. […] The anonymous founders of a crypto collective called AnubisDAO raised nearly $60 million in a few hours last year; less than a day later, the funds disappeared in the second-largest rug pull of 2021, according to...2022 March 2, David Yaffe-Bellany, “Millions for Crypto Start-Ups, No Real Names Necessary”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2022

Meaning of rug pull

Verb

rug pull (third-person singular simple present rug pulls, present participle rug pulling, simple past and past participle rug pulled)

  1. (transitive) To carry out a rug-pull.
    • To prevent rugging, projects have implemented measures to commit liquidity through locking contracts and token burn related to liquidity pools. DeFi100 coin creators have rug pulled close to USD 32 million. SushiSwap has also suffered[…]2021 August 31, Rajesh Dhuddu, Srinivas Mahankali, Blockchain A to Z Explained: Become a Blockchain Pro with 400+ Terms (English Edition), BPB Publications, →ISBN

Forms of rugpull

Noun
pluralrugpulls
Verb
third-person singular presentrugpulls
present participlerugpulling
past participlerugpulled
pastrugpulled

Questions about rugpull

What is rugpull the alternative form of?
Rugpull is the alternative form of rug-pull.

Words near rugpull in the dictionary

  1. rugosin
  2. rugosinin
  3. rugosities
  4. rugosity
  5. rugous
  6. rugpull
  7. rugpulled
  8. rugpulling
  9. rugpulls
  10. rugrat
  11. rugrats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rugpull (page history and authors); rug-pull (page history and authors); rug pull (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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