Definition of gyp Gyp
/ʤɪˈp/ - [jip] - gyp
We found 12 definitions of gyp from 7 different sources.
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| gyp - a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | ||
| bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, sting, flimflam | ||
| swindle, cheat, rig the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" | ||
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| 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" | ||
| victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con | ||
| rip off, chisel, cheat carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble" | ||
| short, short-change cheat someone by not returning him enough money | ||
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Wiktionary 
- gyp (Noun)
A cheat or swindle; a rip-off. - gyp (Noun)
A college servant. - gyp (Noun)
Gypsophila. - gyp (Noun)
Pain or discomfort. - gyp (Verb)
To cheat or swindle someone of something inappropriately.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gyp (n.)
A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gyp
jip, n. a male servant who attends to college rooms at Cambridge. [Perh. a contr. from gypsy; hardly from Gr. gyps, a vulture.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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gyp
A strong gasp for breath, like a fish just taken out of the water.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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gyp
A college runner or errand-boy at Cambridge, called at Oxford a scout. See SCOUT.
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