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Gyp

Gyp Meaning & Definition
Gyp Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gyp?

[n] a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
[v] deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gyp: bunco | bunco | bunco game | bunko | bunko game | con | con | con game | confidence game | confidence trick | defraud | diddle | flimflam | goldbrick | hustle | mulct | nobble | rook | scam | sting | swindle | victimize

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gyp: ballot-box stuffing | bandog | beat | beguile of | biddy | bilk | bitch | bossy | bowwow | brood mare | bunco | burn | canine | cardsharping | cheat | cheating | chisel | chouse | chouse out of | cog | cog the dice | con | con man | cow | cozen | cozenage | crib | defraud | defrauder | diddle | diddler | diddling | dishonesty | do | do in | do out of | dodge | doe | dog | double-dealer | euchre | ewe | ewe lamb | fake | fancy dog | filly | finagle | fishy transaction | flam | fleece | flimflam | flimflammer | fob | fraud | fraudulence | fraudulency | fudge | gerrymandering | gouge | graft | grift | guide dog | guinea hen | gull | gyp joint | have | heifer | hen | hind | hoax | hocus | hocus-pocus | humbug | illicit business | imposition | imposture | jenny | kennel | lap dog | lioness | mare | mountebank | mulct | nanny | nanny goat | overreach | pack of dogs | pack the deal | Partlet | peahen | phony | pigeon | pooch | practice fraud upon | pup | puppy | racket | roe | rook | scam | screw | Seeing Eye dog | sell | sell gold bricks | sharper | shave | she-bear | sheep dog | she-goat | she-lion | shortchange | show dog | sled dog | slut | sow | spoof | stack the cards | stick | sting | swindle | take a dive | thimblerig | throw a fight | tigress | toy dog | trickster | victimize | vixen | watchdog | whelp | working dog

See Also | beat | cheat | cheat | chisel | rig | rip off | short | short-change | swindle

Gyp In Webster's Dictionary

\Gyp\, n. [Said to be a sportive application of Gr. ? a vulture.] A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout. [Cant]

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