gyp
A cheat or swindle; a rip-offA cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
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значень: 7(зневажливе, образливе, іноді)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!
Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”).
(історичне)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.
The room in which such college servants work.
A small kitchen for use by college students.
Gypsophila.
Pain or discomfort.
My back's giving me gyp.
- (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating
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мов: 1Походження
Perhaps from the term gypsy (“Roma”), due to a stereotype of the Roma as swindlers. ComparPerhaps 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.
Perhaps the same as Etymology 1. An earlier theory derived the term from Ancient Greek γύψ (gúps, “vulture”) (/ɡýps/; compare Greek γύπας (gýpas) /ˈʝi.pas/), "in reference to thievish habits of the servants" (and then derived Etymology 1 thence), but this does not explain the pronunciation.
Perhaps from gee up.
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