gip
[ jip ]
/ dʒɪp /
verb (used with or without object), gipped, gip·ping, noun
gyp1.
RELATED WORDS
fool, shaft, fleece, hose, scam, dupe, cheat, rook, burn, gull, trick, gyp, chisel, steal, con, sandbag, bilk, hoodwink, flimflam, stick
Nearby words
- giorgi system,
- giorgione,
- giotto,
- giovanni bologna,
- giovanni da fiesole,
- gipon,
- gippsland,
- gippy,
- gipsies,
- gipsy
gyp
1or gip
[ jip ]
/ dʒɪp /
verb (used with or without object), gypped, gyp·ping.
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. to defraud or rob by some sharp practice; swindle; cheat.
noun
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
Also gyp·per [jip-er] /ˈdʒɪp ər/, gypster. Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindler or cheat.
Also called gypsy. an owner of racehorses who also acts as trainer and jockey.
Origin of gyp
1Usage note
Gyp in the meanings “to swindle” or “a person who swindles” is sometimes perceived as insulting to or by Gypsies, since it stereotypes them as swindlers. However, gyp has apparently never been used as a deliberate ethnic slur, and many people are unaware that it is derived from Gypsy.
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Examples from the Web for gip
gip
/ (dʒɪp) /
verb gips, gipping or gipped
a variant spelling of gyp 1
Northern English informal to vomit or feel like vomiting
noun
a variant spelling of gyp 2
gyp
1gip
slang
verb gyps, gypping, gypped, gips, gipping or gipped
(tr) to swindle, cheat, or defraud
noun
an act of cheating
a person who gyps
Word Origin for gyp
C18: back formation from Gypsy
gyp
2/ (dʒɪp) /
noun
British and NZ slang severe pain; torturehis arthritis gave him gyp
Word Origin for gyp
C19: probably a contraction of gee up!; see gee 1
gyp
3/ (dʒɪp) /
noun
a college servant at the universities of Cambridge and DurhamCompare scout 1 (def. 5)
Word Origin for gyp
C18: perhaps from Gypsy, or from obsolete gippo a scullion
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GIP
abbr.
gastric inhibitory polypeptide
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