gyp

¹gyp

noun \ˈjip\

Definition of GYP

1

British : a college servant

2

a : cheat, swindler

b : fraud, swindle

Examples of GYP

1. Is that all they give you? What a gyp!
2. <we were very disappointed when the “free weekend in Las Vegas” offer turned out to be a gyp>

Origin of GYP

probably short for gypsy

First Known Use: 1750

Related to GYP

Synonyms

bunco (or bunko), con, fiddle [chiefly British], flimflam, fraud, hustle, scam, shell game, sting, swindle

Related Words

cross, fix; Ponzi scheme, pyramid scheme; racket, rip-off; thimblerig, three-card monte; device, dodge, gimmick, jig, ploy, scheme, sleight, stratagem, trick, wile; gouging, overcharging, soaking; counterfeit, fake, forgery, hoax, humbug, phony (also phoney), sham

Rhymes with GYP

blip, chip, clip, dip, drip, flip, grip, grippe, hip, kip, lip, nip, pip, quip, rip, scrip, ship, sip, skip, slip, snip, strip, tip, trip, whip, yip, zip

²gyp

verb

gyppedgyp·ping

Definition of GYP

: cheat

Examples of GYP

1. <gypped them into spending a fortune on counterfeit jewels, not real diamonds>

First Known Use of GYP

1880

Related to GYP

Synonyms

beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, flimflam, gaff, fleece, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize

Related Words

extort, wrench, wrest, wring; clip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soak; exploit, milk; deceive, dupe, fool, gull, trick; rope (in); betray, bitch, double-cross; bamboozle, fast-talk