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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.

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[Probably short for Gypsy.]

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gypper n.

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gyp or gip

Noun

give someone gyp Brit, Austral & NZ slang to cause someone severe pain: her back's still giving her gyp [probably a contraction of gee up!]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gyp - a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, con, sting 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"
Verb	1.	gyp - 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, gip, goldbrick, 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"