gyp

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

gyp, n. [Said to be a sportive application of Gr. gy`ps a vulture.].

 A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gyp, n. Brit. colloq.
1 pain or severe discomfort.
2 a scolding (gave them gyp).

gyp, n. Brit. a college servant at Cambridge and Durham.

gyp, v. & n. sl.
--v.tr. (gypped, gypping) cheat, swindle.
--n. an act of cheating; a swindle.

Etymology

19th c.: perh. f. GYP(2)

THESAURUS

gyp

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