GYP


Meaning of GYP in English

1. n. Brit. colloq.

1. pain or severe discomfort.

2 a scolding (gave them gyp).

Etymology: 19th c.: perh. f. gee-up (see GEE(2)) 2. n. Brit. a college servant at Cambridge and Durham.

Etymology: perh. f. obs. gippo scullion, orig. a man's short tunic, f. obs. F jupeau 3. v. & n. sl.

--v.tr. (gypped, gypping) cheat, swindle.

--n. an act of cheating; a swindle.

Etymology: 19th c.: perh. f. GYP(2)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.