gip

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gip

▶noun variant spelling of gyp1.

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gyp1 /dʒɪp/ (also gip)

▶noun Brit. informal pain or discomfort.

– origin C19: perh. from gee-up (see gee2).

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gyp2 /dʒɪp/

▶noun Brit. a college servant at the Universities of Cambridge and Durham.

– origin C18: perh. from obs. gippo ‘menial kitchen servant’, orig. denoting a man's short tunic, from obs. Fr. jupeau.

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gyp3 /dʒɪp/ informal

▶verb (gyps, gypping, gypped) cheat or swindle (someone). ▶noun a swindle.

– origin C19: of unknown origin.