gazunder

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈzʌn.də/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈzʌn.dɚ/
• Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Blend of gazump +‎ under.

Verb

gazunder (third-person singular simple present gazunders, present participle gazundering, simple past and past participle gazundered)

1. (UK, colloquial) To swindle by making an offer on a property under the false pretense of good faith but then reducing the offer (normally just before contracts are exchanged), knowing that the threat of collapsing the property chain is likely to force the seller into accepting the amount of loss that they were cheated out of.

   Hypernyms: swindle, scam, defraud, cheat

See also

• gazang
• gazump

Etymology 2

Because it "goes under" the bed. Correct - particularly colloquial in north of England - refers to pot for night soil which was kept under the bed, as toilets were outside (or even down the street).

Alternative forms

• guzunder

Noun

gazunder (plural gazunders)

1. (UK) A chamber pot.
   • 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 318:

     While Frank and Walt and Lou and Tommy had looked on, their mam had filled the guzunder up to its rim with a grotesque and undiscriminating mix of spirits […].

Anagrams

• ungrazed