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gyp
gyp
1
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dʒɪp
/
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[
jip
]
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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.
noun
2.
a swindle or fraud.
3.
Also,
gyp·per
/
ˈdʒɪp
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.
Also,
gip
.
Origin:
1885–90,
Americanism; back formation from
Gypsy
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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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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
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
gyp
"to cheat, swindle," 1889, Amer.Eng., probably short for
Gypsy
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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