scalping

About 0.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of scalp
2. noun The action by which someone is scalped.
3. noun A fraudulent form of market manipulation in which a person buys shares immediately before recommending the shares to others, thus driving the price up.
4. noun A legitimate method of arbitrage of small price gaps created by the bid-ask spread.

Similar words

scalper scall scalping knife scalloping scarping scumming scarification scraping scrapping scrounging

Often followed by

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Word family

scalp scalped scalper scalpers scalps