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Vinony

gyp

verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪp/

noun

Etymology: Perhaps from gee up.

  1. Pain or discomfort.

    “My back's giving me gyp.”

    “The oldest wizard, Greyhald Spold of the Ancient and Truly Original Sages of the Unbroken Circle, leaned heavily on his carven staff and spake thusly: ‘Get on with it, Weatherwax, my feet are giving me gyp.’”

verb

Etymology: Perhaps from the term gypsy (“Roma”), due to a stereotype of the Roma as swindlers. Compare jew (“defraud”), from Jew, and welsh (“swindle by defaulting on a debt”), from Welsh. Could also be derived from dupe, with the same pattern (yod coalescence) as idiot becomes eejit in Scottish English.

  1. To cheat or swindle.

    “The cab driver gypped me out of ten bucks by taking the longer route.”

    “You better watch out; they'll try to gyp you if you don't know what you're doing.”