Gyp
WordNet
noun
(1) A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
verb
(2) Deprive of by deceit
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"
"She defrauded the customers who trusted her"
"The cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
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Etymology
Note that this term may have derived from the word "gypsy", although no direct evidence exists. http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-gyp1.htm
Noun
- 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!
- A college servant.
- gypsophila.
- Pain or discomfort.
- My back's giving me gyp.