How to pronounce gazump
American English pronunciation
guh-ZUMP
- IPA
- /ɡəˈzʌmp/
- Syllables
- guh · ZUMP (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What gazump means
To outbid someone for a house after their offer was accepted
In a sentence: Just before we moved in, another family gazumped us with a bigger offer.
Where it comes from: It is British slang. It possibly comes from a Yiddish word for a thief.
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