Gyp Definition
jip
gips, gypped, gypping, gyps
verb
gypped
To swindle; cheat.
Webster's New World
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noun
gyps
An act of cheating; swindle; fraud.
Webster's New World
A swindler.
Webster's New World
A male servant at a college, esp. at Cambridge.
Webster's New World
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Pain or discomfort.
My back's giving me gyp.
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Other Word Forms of Gyp
Noun
Singular:
gyp
Plural:
gypsOrigin of Gyp
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Probably from the term gypsy (“Roma”), due to a stereotype of the Roma as swindlers. Compare jew (“defraud”), from Jew, and welsh (“swindle by defaulting on a debt”), from Welsh.
From Wiktionary
Probably short for Gypsy (from prejudiced popular perceptions of the Romani people as thieves and petty swindlers)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Perhaps the same as Etymology 1.
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Perhaps from gee up.
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Shortening.
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