gyp
1or gip
[jip]
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.
gyp
2[jip]
noun British Informal.
Origin of gyp
2First recorded in 1740–50; perhaps from Gypsy
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Related Words for gyp
trick, fleece, rook, scam, dupe, cheat, bilk, gull, hoodwink, flimflam, stick, bamboozle, deceive, hustle, defraud, swindle, gipExamples from the Web for gyp
Historical Examples of gyp
Gyp's tone asked, rather: "What in the world have you found to do?"
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"Isn't it funny," mused Gyp as she balanced on the footboard of her bed.
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"And Gyp's things muss my room so," cried Tibby, plaintively.
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Gyp and Tibby went upstairs with her; Graham disappeared with Pepperpot.
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"The poor old man," Jerry said so feelingly that Gyp stared at her.
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gyp
1gip
slang
verb gyps, gypping, gypped, gips, gipping or gipped
noun
Word Origin for gyp
C18: back formation from Gypsy
gyp
2noun
Word Origin for gyp
C19: probably a contraction of gee up!; see gee 1
gyp
3noun
Word Origin for gyp
C18: perhaps from Gypsy, or from obsolete gippo a scullion
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