gip
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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a variant spelling of gyp 1
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informal to vomit or feel like vomiting
noun
Other Word Forms
- gipper noun
Example Sentences
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He was a regular at the gym, went dancing and played squash five times a week but his right hip was starting to give him "some gip".
From BBC
"You can just go in and say, 'I've got a banging headache, my menopause is giving me gip'," she quipped.
From BBC
I have done a lot of running this week and the knee has not given me too much gip.
From The Guardian
"Well," he says, "ye're Lord Stair, and if ye choose to marry a gips——" "Choose!"
From Project Gutenberg
He was shot in the right shoulder, the wound soon healed, but the arm was almost useless, so the massage fiend here used to come and give him terrible gip.
From Project Gutenberg
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