Gyp

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  • transitive verb. To deprive (another) of something by fraud; cheat or swindle.
  • noun. A fraud or swindle.
  • noun. One who defrauds; a swindler.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To swindle; cheat.
  • noun. A male servant who attends to college rooms. Also gip.
  • noun. A swindler, especially a swindling horse-dealer; a cheat.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Gypsophila.
  • noun. A college servant.
  • noun. Pain or discomfort.
  • noun. A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
  • verb. To cheat or swindle someone of something inappropriately.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. deprive of by deceit
  • noun. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  • Word Usage
    "I'm all for being careful with words and respecting the sensibilities of others, but there is no evidence of the term gyp actually coming from the word gypsy it's possible, but so are multiple other origins."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chip  Crip  Flip  Kip  Nip  
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    variant
    gypped  gypping  scout  
    verb-form
    gypped  gypping  gyps