Gyp

Quick meaning: Gyp is a noun meaning (derogatory, sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.

Meaning

(derogatory, sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.

More Meanings

1. Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”).
2. (derogatory, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle.
3. (Cambridge University, Durham University) The room in which such college servants work.
4. (Cambridge University, Durham University) A small kitchen for use by college students.
5. Gypsophila.
6. Pain or discomfort.
7. (Cambridge University, Durham University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend upon (usually several) students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks; generally equivalent to a scout in the historical sense at Oxford University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.

Example Sentences

The cab driver gypped me out of ten bucks by taking the longer route.

You better watch out; they'll try to gyp you if you don't know what you're doing.

Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much … .

'Why, what is the matter with you, John?' I asked of the gyp who waited on Vincey and myself.

Word Forms

• gyps
• gypping
• gypped

Synonyms for gyp

Depending on context, synonyms include gypsy, swindle, sting, hustle, con, diddle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include swindle, bunco, defraud, nobble, mulct, hustle.

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