Noun: gyp jip
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating
"He felt the high prices at the tourist trap were a real gyp";
- gip
- [Brit, informal] Pain or discomfort
"He felt a gyp in his back after lifting the heavy box"
- [UK, informal] A college cleaner or housekeeper at Cambridge or Durham universities
"The gyp tidied up the student's room before the new term"
Usage: informal
- (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle
"the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change";
- gip
Derived forms: gyps, gypped, gypping
Type of: cheat, chisel [informal], fraud, rig [archaic], rip off [informal], swindle
Encyclopedia: Gyp