Gyp

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪp

Probably from the term gypsy ("Roma"), due to a stereotype of the Roma as swindlers. Compare jew ("defraud"), from Jew, and welsh ("swindle by defaulting on a debt"), from Welsh.

Online Etymology Dictionary

Alternative forms

• gip, jip eye dialect spellings

Full definition of gyp

Noun

1. (pejorative, sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.Why do we have to buy this new edition of the textbook when there’s almost no difference between it and the previous one? What a gyp!

Usage notes

Because this term is often considered to derive

from the problematic exonymic term Gypsy and represent a racist stereotype of the Romani, it may be offensive. See the usage note about gypsy.

Verb

1. (pejorative, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle someone of something inappropriately.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.

Usage notes

See the notes about the noun, above.

Perhaps the same as Etymology 1.

Noun

1. (Cambridge and Durham, England) A college servant.
2. (Cambridge and Durham, England) The room in which such college servants work.
3. (Cambridge and Durham, England) A small kitchen for use by college students.

Shortening.

Noun

1. Gypsophila.

Perhaps from gee up.

Noun

1. Pain or discomfort.''My back's giving me gyp.