GAZUMP
Dictionary entry overview: What does gazump mean?
• GAZUMP (verb)
The verb GAZUMP has 2 senses:
1. rip off; ask an unreasonable price
2. raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price
Familiarity information: GAZUMP used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GAZUMP (verb)
Meaning:
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
fleece; gazump; overcharge; plume; soak; rob; surcharge; hook; pluck
Hypernyms (to "gazump" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
"Gazump" entails doing...:
bill; charge (demand payment)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gazump"):
extort; gouge; rack; squeeze; wring (obtain by coercion or intimidation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "gazump" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody