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gyp
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gyp
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verb,
gypped,
gyp·ping,
noun
verb (used with object),
verb
(used without object)
1.
to defraud or rob by some sharp practice; swindle; cheat.
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noun
2.
a swindle or fraud.
3.
Also,
gyp·per
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ər
/
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[
jip
-er
]
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,
gypster.
a swindler or cheat.
4.
Also called
gypsy.
an owner of racehorses who also acts as trainer and jockey.
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to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
to flee; abscond:
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to flee; abscond:
chat, to converse
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Also,
gip.
Origin:
1885–90,
Americanism
;
back formation from
Gypsy
Dictionary.com Unabridged
gyp
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noun
British
Informal
.
a male college servant, as at Cambridge and Durham.
Origin:
1740–50;
perhaps from
Gypsy
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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World English Dictionary
gyp
or
slang
gip
1
(dʒɪp)
—
vb
,
gyps
,
gypping
,
gypped
,
gips
,
gipping
,
gipped
1.
(
tr
) to swindle, cheat, or defraud
—
n
2.
an act of cheating
3.
a person who gyps
[C18: back formation from
Gypsy
]
gip
or
slang
gip
1
—
vb
—
n
[C18: back formation from
Gypsy
]
gyp
2
(dʒɪp)
—
n
slang
(
Brit
), (
NZ
) severe pain; torture:
his arthritis gave him gyp
[C19: probably a contraction of
gee up!;
see
gee
1
]
gyp
3
(dʒɪp)
—
n
Compare
scout
a college servant at the universities of Cambridge and Durham
[C18: perhaps from
Gypsy
, or from obsolete
gippo
a scullion]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
gyp
"to cheat, swindle," 1889, Amer.Eng., probably short for
Gypsy
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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