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GYP

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Irregular inflected forms: gypped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, gypping  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 ("gyp" 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:

gyp ((sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle)

 II. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they gyp  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it gyps  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: gypped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: gypped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: gypping  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

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 "gyp" 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

Sentence example:

They gyp him of all his money


Derivation:

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

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