gyp
verb
[ dʒɪp ]
• cheat or swindle (someone).
• "a young inventor gypped by greedy financiers"
gyp
noun
• an act of cheating someone; a swindle.
Origin:
late 19th century: of unknown origin.
gyp
noun
• pain or discomfort.
• "one of her Achilles tendons had begun giving her gyp"
Origin:
late 19th century: perhaps from gee-up (see gee2).
gyp
noun
• a college servant at the Universities of Cambridge and Durham.
Origin:
mid 18th century: perhaps from obsolete gippo ‘menial kitchen servant’, originally denoting a man's short tunic, from obsolete French jupeau .
