Meaning

1 senses

  1. (derogatory, offensive, sometimes)To cheat or swindle.

    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.

    (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle

Origin

Perhaps from the term gypsy (“Roma”), due to a stereotype of the Roma as swindlers. Compar

Perhaps 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.

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Forms

gyps, gypping, gypped, gypped
Base formgyp · to gyp
3rd person singulargyps
Present participlegypping
Past simplegypped
Past participlegypped

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygyp
he, she, itgyps

Past simpleLesson

all personsgypped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gypped
he, she, ithas gypped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gyp

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle:gip

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gymnasiumgymnastgymnasticsB1gynecologistgypsumgypsyC1

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