"doughnutting" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From doughnut. When this method of fare evasion is used on the London Underground, the area covered by the ticket looks like a doughnut, with a hole in the middle. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} doughnutting (uncountable)
  1. (UK) A method of fare evasion by buying tickets only covering the beginning and the end of a journey. Tags: UK, uncountable Synonyms: dumbbelling
    Sense id: en-doughnutting-en-noun-52RSSLm5 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7

Verb [English]

Etymology: From doughnut. When this method of fare evasion is used on the London Underground, the area covered by the ticket looks like a doughnut, with a hole in the middle. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} doughnutting
  1. present participle and gerund of doughnut Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: doughnut Categories (topical): Transport
    Sense id: en-doughnutting-en-verb-4KIDGTJy Disambiguation of Transport: 39 61
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        {
          "text": "2006, Carl Bro Group Ltd, FareXChange Scoping Study Final Report v1.0, section 8.6.1, Department for Transport, http://naptan.dft.gov.uk/transxchange/farexchange/FareXChange%20Scoping%20Study%20Final%20Report%20v1.0.pdf,\nParticular considerations apply to circumstances such as doughnutting when fare elements do not correspond to controllable elements, so there arises the opportunity for fare evasion."
        },
        {
          "text": "2012, WickedWolfie, reply to South West Trains. Liars? Thieves? Generally unhelpful., MoneySavingExpert Forum, https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/57775841/#Comment_57775841,\nThe post before you (rightly) says that overriding season tickets is a regular fare con, as is doughnutting (having tickets for the start and the end of the journey with a gap - often large - in the middle), the latter exposes the limitations of ticket gates....."
        },
        {
          "text": "2014, scottwalds, Re: [Mega Hot tea] Penalty fares on trains, Tony's Non-League Forum, https://nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?post=561451#561451,\nThere is a technique known as doughnutting, where you buy a ticket covering your first and last stops, to allow you to pass through the ticket barriers at both ends."
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        "(UK) A method of fare evasion by buying tickets only covering the beginning and the end of a journey."
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  "etymology_text": "From doughnut. When this method of fare evasion is used on the London Underground, the area covered by the ticket looks like a doughnut, with a hole in the middle.",
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          "text": "2006, Carl Bro Group Ltd, FareXChange Scoping Study Final Report v1.0, section 8.6.1, Department for Transport, http://naptan.dft.gov.uk/transxchange/farexchange/FareXChange%20Scoping%20Study%20Final%20Report%20v1.0.pdf,\nParticular considerations apply to circumstances such as doughnutting when fare elements do not correspond to controllable elements, so there arises the opportunity for fare evasion."
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          "text": "2012, WickedWolfie, reply to South West Trains. Liars? Thieves? Generally unhelpful., MoneySavingExpert Forum, https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/57775841/#Comment_57775841,\nThe post before you (rightly) says that overriding season tickets is a regular fare con, as is doughnutting (having tickets for the start and the end of the journey with a gap - often large - in the middle), the latter exposes the limitations of ticket gates....."
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          "text": "2014, scottwalds, Re: [Mega Hot tea] Penalty fares on trains, Tony's Non-League Forum, https://nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?post=561451#561451,\nThere is a technique known as doughnutting, where you buy a ticket covering your first and last stops, to allow you to pass through the ticket barriers at both ends."
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      ],
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