gypper

verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to defraud or rob by some sharp practice; swindle; cheat.

noun

a swindle or fraud.

Also, gyp·per

[jip-er] , gypster. a swindler or cheat.

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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gyp or slang gip¹ (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 gip¹

—vb

—n

[C18: back formation from Gypsy]

gyp² (dʒɪp)

—n
	slang (Brit), (NZ) severe pain; torture: his arthritis gave him gyp

[C19: probably a contraction of gee up!; see gee¹]

gyp³ (dʒɪp)

—n
	Compare scout a college servant at the universities of Cambridge and Durham

[C18: perhaps from Gypsy, or from obsolete gippo a scullion]

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Word Origin & History

gyp

"to cheat, swindle," 1889, Amer.Eng., probably short for Gypsy.

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