I. ˈjip noun
( -s )
Etymology: probably short for gypsy (I)
1. : a male college servant (as at Cambridge University)
the old gyp comes tapping at the door to learn my intentions for the evening — A.C.Benson
— compare scout 4
2.
a. : one who cheats : swindler
if any gyp does try to shake them down — A.H.Raskin
b. : an act or instance of cheating : fraud , swindle
have worked every tin-pot gyp you could think up to get a few dollars — New York Herald Tribune
3. chiefly South & Midland : a female dog : bitch
as pretty a gyp as he'd ever laid eye on … a Walker hound with a brown streak running back from her ears — F.B.Gipson
4. : a small-scale racehorse owner who trains and often rides his own horses
II. verb
( gypped ; gypped ; gypping ; gyps )
: cheat
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
: a hard time — used in the phrase to give (a person) gyp
apart from weariness, hunger, and a fair mental strain, my leg was giving me gyp — Yale Review
IV. noun
( -s )
Etymology: by shortening
: gypsum
gyp is very common in hard waters — W.F.Cloud
V. noun
( -s )
Etymology: by shortening
: gypsophila