Definition of "gyp"

gyp¹

/d͡ʒɪp/

noun
plural gyps
1. (derogatory, sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
2. Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”)
verb
third-person singular simple present gyps, present participle gypping, simple past and past participle gypped
1. (derogatory, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle.
  Quotations
  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”.
  2023 March 16, Maya Yang, quoting Whoopi Goldberg, “Whoopi Goldberg apologizes for using Romany slur on ABC’s The View”, in The Guardian‎

gyp²

noun
plural gyps
1. (Cambridge University, Durham University, historical) 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.
  Quotations
  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.
  1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 40
  'Why, what is the matter with you, John?' I asked of the gyp who waited on Vincey and myself.
  1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887
  Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much … .
  1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, I [Uniform ed., p. 14]
2. (Cambridge University, Durham University) The room in which such college servants work.
3. (Cambridge University, Durham University) A small kitchen for use by college students.

gyp³

noun
plural gyps
1. Gypsophila.

gyp⁴

noun
plural gyps
1. Pain or discomfort.