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gyp
verbgypped; gypping
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Synonyms for gyp
Synonyms: Noun
- bunco
- (or bunko),
- con,
- fiddle
- [chiefly British],
- flimflam,
- fraud,
- hustle,
- scam,
- shell game,
- sting,
- swindle
Synonyms: Verb
- beat,
- bilk,
- bleed,
- cheat,
- chisel,
- chouse,
- con,
- cozen,
- defraud,
- diddle,
- do,
- do in,
- euchre,
- fiddle,
- fleece,
- flimflam,
- gaff,
- 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
Examples of gyp in a Sentence
Noun
Is that all they give you? What a gyp!
we were very disappointed when the “free weekend in Las Vegas” offer turned out to be a gyp Verb gypped them into spending a fortune on counterfeit jewels, not real diamonds
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The first known use of gyp was in 1750
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