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

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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