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Gyps
see synonyms of gypsNoun
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Gyps
see synonyms of gypsverbWord forms: gyps, gypping, gypped, gips, gipping or gipped
1. (transitive)
to swindle, cheat, or defraud
noun
2.
an act of cheating
3.
a person who gyps
noun
British and New Zealand slang
severe pain; torture
his arthritis gave him gyp
noun
a college servant at the universities of Cambridge and Durham
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Gyps
see synonyms of gyps noun Informal
1.
an act of cheating; swindle; fraud
2.
a swindler
: also ˈgypper, ˈgypster verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: gypped or ˈgypping
3. Informal
to swindle; cheat
noun British
a male servant at a college, esp. at Cambridge
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Gyps
see synonyms of gypstr.v. gypped, gyp·ping, gyps also gipped or gip·ping or gips
To deprive (another) of something by fraud; cheat or swindle.
n.
1. A fraud or swindle.
2. One who defrauds; a swindler.
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