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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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noun British Informal.
a male college servant, as at Cambridge and Durham.
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gyp or slang gip1 (dʒɪp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| gip or slang gip1 | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [C18: back formation from | |
| gyp2 (dʒɪp) | |
| —n | |
| slang (Brit), (NZ) severe pain; torture: his arthritis gave him gyp | |
| [C19: probably a contraction of gee up!; see | |
| gyp3 (dʒɪp) | |
| —n | |
| Compare scout a college servant at the universities of Cambridge and Durham | |
| [C18: perhaps from | |
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