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Meaning
Verb
●
In British English:
To
swindle
; to extort.
●
In Australian English, British English & Real estate:
To
raise
the
selling price
of something (especially
property
) after
previously
agreeing
to a lower one.
●
In Australian English, British English & Real estate:
To
buy
a
property
by
bidding
more than the price of an
existing
,
accepted
offer.
●
In Australian English & British English:
To
trump
or
preempt
; to
reap
the
benefit
underhandedly
from a
situation
that
someone else
has
worked
to create.
Noun
●
In Australian English, British English & Real estate:
The
act
of gazumping.
●
In American English:
An automobile.
●
In People:
A
politician
who
takes
bribes.
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Synonyms
Gazoomph
Gazumph
Related
Unsettle
Nobble
Outfox
Outmuscle
Bamboozle
Rhymes
Ump
Rump
Dump
Jump
Bump
Lump
Sump
Tump
Hump
Pump
Trump
Plump
Stump
Whump
Crump
Frump
Slump
Trump
Grump
Clump
Thump
Chump
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