gyp

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.4 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪp

[edit] Etymology

Note that this term may have derived from the word "gypsy", although no direct evidence exists. [1]

[edit] Noun

gyp (plural gyps)

1. 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. (Cambridge and Durham, England) A college servant.
3. gypsophila.

[edit] Verb

to gyp (third-person singular simple present gyps, present participle gypping, simple past and past participle gypped)

1. (considered pejorative by many) To cheat or swindle someone of something inappropriately.

   The cab driver gypped me out of ten bucks by taking the longer route.

2. (Wichita, Kansas, USA vicinity) play hooky or truant.

   He gypped school today.