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gyp

noun
/d͡ʒɪp/

Etymology

Perhaps 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. Could also be derived from dupe, with the same pattern (yod coalescence) as idiot becomes eejit in Scottish English.

Definitions

  1. A cheat or swindle

    A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.

    • Why do we have to buy this new edition of the textbook when there’s almost no difference between it and the previous one? What a gyp!

  2. Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”).

  3. To cheat or swindle.

    • The cab driver gypped me out of ten bucks by taking the longer route.
    • You better watch out; they'll try to gyp you if you don't know what you're doing.
    • They're talkin' bout the night Santa went crazy The night St. Nicholas flipped Broke his back for some milk and cookies Sounds to me like he was tired of gettin' gypped
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend upon (usually several) students,…

      A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend upon (usually several) students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks; generally equivalent to a scout in the historical sense at Oxford University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.

      • 'Why, what is the matter with you, John?' I asked of the gyp who waited on Vincey and myself.
      • Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much … .

    2. The room in which such college servants work.

    3. A small kitchen for use by college students.

    4. Gypsophila.

    5. Pain or discomfort.

      • My back's giving me gyp.
      • The oldest wizard, Greyhald Spold of the Ancient and Truly Original Sages of the Unbroken Circle, leaned heavily on his carven staff and spake thusly: ‘Get on with it, Weatherwax, my feet are giving me gyp.’

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA