gyp
/d͡ʒɪp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”).
noun
A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend upon (usually several) students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks; generally equivalent to a scout in the historical sense at Oxford University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
noun
noun
Pain or discomfort.
Example Sentences
- "Why do we have to buy this new edition of the textbook when there’s almost no difference between it and the previous one? What a gyp!"
- "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."
- "They're talkin' bout the night Santa went crazy The night St. Nicholas flipped Broke his back for some milk and cookies Sounds to me like he was tired of gettin' gypped"
- "On Wednesday, Goldberg used a derogatory term associated with Romany people while discussing former president Donald Trump, saying that his supporters are “people who still believe that he got gypped somehow in the election”."
- "All was neglect. The outer door of this room, which was open, was nearly on a level with the Quadrangle — some coats and trousers and boots were upon the ebony table and a "gyp" was brushing away at them just within the door — in wet weather he performed these functions entirely within the library, as innocent of the incongruity of his position as my guide himself."