gip

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gip

 (jĭp)

v. & n. Offensive Slang

Variant of gyp.

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gip

(dʒɪp)

vb, gips, gipping or gipped

1. a variant spelling of gyp¹

2. informal Northern English to vomit or feel like vomiting

n

a variant spelling of gyp²

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gyp

or gip

(dʒɪp)

v. gypped, gyp•ping,
n.

usage: This term, though not used as a deliberate slur, is still sometimes felt to be insulting to the Gypsies.

— Informal: Sometimes Offensive. v.t., v.i.

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

n.

2. a swindle or fraud.

3. Also, gyp′per, gyp•ster (ˈdʒɪp stər) a swindler or cheat.

[1875–80, Amer.; shortening of Gypsy]

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gip

Past participle: gipped
Gerund: gipping

Imperative

gip

gip

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

gip - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimize short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

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gyp

also gip
verb

Slang. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:

bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize.

Informal: chisel, flimflam, take, trim.

Slang: diddle, do, stick, sting.

noun

1. Slang. An act of cheating:

cheat, fraud, swindle, victimization.

Informal: flimflam.

2. Slang. A person who cheats:

bilk, cheat, cheater, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, trickster, victimizer.

Informal: chiseler, crook, flimflammer.

Slang: diddler, gypper.

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