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gyp

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gyp also gip  (jp) Slang
tr.v. gypped also gipped, gyp·ping also gip·ping, gyps also gips
To deprive (another) of something by fraud; cheat or swindle.
n.
1. A fraud or swindle.
2. One who defrauds; a swindler.

[Probably short for Gypsy.]

gypper n.

gyp1, gip [dʒɪp] Slang
vb gyps, gypping, gypped, gips gipping, gipped
(tr) to swindle, cheat, or defraud
n
1. an act of cheating
2. a person who gyps
[back formation from Gypsy]

gyp2
n
Brit and NZ slang severe pain; torture his arthritis gave him gyp
[probably a contraction of gee up!; see gee1]

gyp3
n
(Social Science / Education) a college servant at the universities of Cambridge and Durham Compare scout1 [5]
[perhaps from Gypsy, or from obsolete gippo a scullion]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gyp - a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
sting operation - a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
swindle, cheat, rig - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
Verb1.gypgyp - 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"
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"
Translations
gyp1 [dʒɪp] (US)
A. N
1. (= swindle) → estafa f, timo m
2. (= swindler) → estafador(a) m/f, timador(a) m/f
B. VTestafar, timar

gyp2 [dʒɪp] N (Brit) to give sb gyp (= scold) → echar un rapapolvo de aúpa a algn
it's giving me gyp (= hurting) → me duele una barbaridad
gyp
n
(Brit inf, = swindle) → Gaunerei f (inf)
(inf, = swindler) → Gauner(in) m(f)
(Brit Univ inf) → Putzfrau f
(Brit inf) to give somebody gypjdn plagen (inf)


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Hitherto Gyp had kept his comfortable bed, only lifting up his head and watching Adam more closely as he noticed the other workmen departing.
 
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