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单词 gypping
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gyp1 /dʒɪp/USA pronunciation   v., gypped, gyp•ping, n. [Informal.]
v. [+ object (+ out of)]
  1. to cheat, defraud, or rob by some sharp practice;
    swindle:gypped us out of our money.

n. [countable]
  1. a trick, swindle, or fraud.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gyp1  ( jip),USA pronunciation v., gypped, gyp•ping, n. 
v.t., v.i. 
  1. to defraud or rob by some sharp practice;
    swindle;
    cheat.

n. 
  1. a swindle or fraud.
  2. Also, gyp•per ( jipər), gypster. a swindler or cheat.
  3. Also called gypsy. an owner of racehorses who also acts as trainer and jockey.
Also, gip. 
  • back formation from Gypsy 1885–90, American.

gyp2  ( jip),USA pronunciation n. [Brit. Informal.]
  1. British Termsa male college servant, as at Cambridge and Durham.
  • perh. from Gypsy 1740–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gyp, gip /dʒɪp/ slang vb (gyps, gypping, gypped, gips, gipping, gipped)
  1. (transitive) to swindle, cheat, or defraud
n
  1. an act of cheating
  2. a person who gyps
Etymology: 18th Century: back formation from Gypsy
gyp /dʒɪp/ n
  1. Brit NZ slang severe pain; torture: his arthritis gave him gyp
Etymology: 19th Century: probably a contraction of gee up!; see gee1
gyp /dʒɪp/ n
  1. a college servant at the universities of Cambridge and Durham
Etymology: 18th Century: perhaps from Gypsy, or from obsolete gippo a scullion
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