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gyp

1
or gip

[ jip ]

verb (used with or without object)

, gypped, gyp·ping.
  1. Informal: Offensive. to defraud or rob by some sharp practice; swindle; cheat.


noun

  1. Informal: Offensive. a con, fraud, cheat, or ripoff.
  2. Also gyp·per [] gyp·ster []. Informal: Offensive. a swindler or cheat.
  3. Also called gypsy. (in horse racing) an owner of racehorses who also acts as trainer and jockey.

gyp

2

[ jip ]

noun

, British Informal.
  1. a male college servant, as at Cambridge and Durham.

gyp

1

/ dʒɪp /

verb

  1. tr to swindle, cheat, or defraud
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noun

  1. an act of cheating
  2. a person who gyps
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gyp

2

/ dʒɪp /

noun

  1. a college servant at the universities of Cambridge and Durham Compare scout 1
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gyp

3

/ dʒɪp /

noun

  1. slang.
    severe pain; torture

    his arthritis gave him gyp

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Sensitive Note

The word gyp is a shortening of Gypsy, an insensitive label that has been used as a disparaging slur for the traditionally nomadic group whose preferred name is Roma. Gyp in the meanings “to swindle” or “a person who swindles” is further insulting to the Roma, since it stereotypes them as cheats and frauds. However, many people are unfamiliar with the origin and history of gyp and Gypsy, so these terms are still in use, even among speakers who generally try to avoid disparaging and offensive language.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gyp1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; back formation from Gypsy. The variants at gyp 1def 3, gypper and gypster, are formed from gyp 1( def ) + -er 1( def ) and -ster ( def ) respectively

Origin of gyp2

First recorded in 1740–50; perhaps from gypsy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gyp1

C18: back formation from Gypsy

Origin of gyp2

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

Origin of gyp3

C19: probably a contraction of gee up!; see gee 1
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Example Sentences

Away they went, with Gyp at their heels, and every footstep resounded through the old house until they reached the upper floor.

An English, an American Gyp would typographically offend, and that would be the end of her.

It was kept by his old college gyp, a man of discreet silence, who was admirably partnered by an excellent cook.

Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much, which was not polite of him.

Her age was seventeen, and she dressed after Carmen to please herself, and read Gyp with the same intention.

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