GYP (gypped, gypping)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: gypped    , gypping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does gyp mean? 

• GYP (noun)
  The noun GYP has 1 sense:

1. (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating

  Familiarity information: GYP used as a noun is very rare.

• GYP (verb)
  The verb GYP has 1 sense:

1. (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle

  Familiarity information: GYP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GYP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

gip; gyp

Hypernyms ("gyp" is a kind of...):

cheat; rig; swindle (the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme)

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

Derivation:

gyp ((sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle)

• GYP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they gyp    ... he / she / it gyps   
Past simple: gypped   
Past participle: gypped   
-ing form: gypping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

(sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

gip; gyp

Context example:

the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change

Hypernyms (to "gyp" is one way to...):

cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Sentence example:

They gyp him of all his money

Derivation:

gyp ((sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating)

 Context examples 

No, we just went to Monte Carlo and back. We went by way of Marseilles. We had over twelve hundred dollars when we started but we got gypped out of it all in two days in the private rooms. We had an awful time getting back, I can tell you. God, how I hated that town!

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)