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GIP

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Irregular inflected forms: gipped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, gipping  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheatingplay

Synonyms:

gip; gyp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("gip" 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:

gip ((sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindleplay

Example:

the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change

Synonyms:

gip; gyp

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "gip" 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

Derivation:

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

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