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==English==

===Etymology 1===
Perhaps from the term {{m|en|gypsy||Roma}}, due to a stereotype of the Roma as swindlers. Compare {{m|en|jew||defraud}}, from {{m|en|Jew}}, and {{m|en|welsh||swindle by defaulting on a debt}}, from {{m|en|Welsh}}.<ref name="OEtym">{{R:Online Etymology Dictionary}}</ref>
Could also be derived from {{m|en|dupe}}, with the same pattern (yod coalescence) as {{m|en|idiot}} becomes {{m|en|eejit}} in Scottish English.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|en|gip|jip}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/d͡ʒɪp/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-gyp.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪp|s=1}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|pejorative|sometimes|offensive}} A [[cheat]] or [[swindle]]; a [[rip-off]].
#: {{ux|en|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'''!}}
# {{synonym of|en|gypsy||[[contra dance]] step}}

=====Usage notes=====
Because this term is often considered to derive<ref name="OEtym"></ref> from the exonymic term ''[[Gypsy]]'' and represent a racist stereotype of the Romani, it may be offensive. See the usage note about '''''[[gypsy]]'''''.

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|full gyp|hall gyp}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|a cheat or swindle; a rip-off}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|измамник|m|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|bg|мошеник|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kanciarz|m}}
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====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|pejorative|sometimes|offensive}} To [[cheat]] or [[swindle]].
#: {{ux|en|The cab driver '''gypped''' me out of ten bucks by taking the longer route.}}
#: {{ux|en|You better watch out; they'll try to '''gyp''' you if you don't know what you're doing.}}
#* {{quote-song|en|author=w:"Weird Al" Yankovic|title=w:The Night Santa Went Crazy|album=w:Bad Hair Day|year=1996|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FJU4GrXztE|text=They're talkin' bout the night Santa went crazy<br>The night St. Nicholas flipped<br>Broke his back for some milk and cookies<br>Sounds to me like he was tired of gettin' '''gypped'''}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Maya Yang|quotee=w:Whoopi Goldberg|title=Whoopi Goldberg apologizes for using Romany slur on ABC’s The View|work=The Guardian|date=2023-03-16|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/16/whoopi-goldberg-romani-slur-the-view-abc|issn=0261-3077|passage=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”.}}

=====Usage notes=====
See the notes about the noun, above.

===Etymology 2===
Perhaps the same as Etymology 1. An earlier theory derived the term from {{cog|grc|γύψ||vulture}} ({{IPAchar|/ɡýps/}}; compare {{cog|el|γύπας}} {{IPAchar|/ˈʝi.pas/}}),<ref name="OEtym" /><ref>http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/82874</ref> "in reference to thievish habits of the servants" (and then derived Etymology 1 thence), but this does not explain the pronunciation.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|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 {{w|Oxford University}} or a [[skip]] at {{w|Trinity College, Dublin}}.<ref>http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/archive-centre/archive-month/may-2010.html</ref>
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1880|title= The Enemies of Books|author=w:William Blades|page=40|text=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.}}
#* {{RQ:Haggard She|passage='Why, what is the matter with you, John?' I asked of the '''gyp''' who waited on Vincey and myself.}}
#* '''1907''', {{w|E.M. Forster}}, ''The Longest Journey'', Part I, I [Uniform ed., p. 14]:
#*: Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his '''gyp''', he would have minded just as much … .
#: {{coordinate terms|en|porter|bedder|scout}}
# {{lb|en|Cambridge University|Durham University}} The room in which such college servants work.
# {{lb|en|Cambridge University|Durham University}} A small [[kitchen]] for use by [[college]] [[students]].

===Etymology 3===
Shortening.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# [[gypsophila|Gypsophila]].

===Etymology 4===
Perhaps from ''[[gee up]]''.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# Pain or discomfort.
#: {{ux|en|My back's giving me '''gyp'''.}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|jew down}}
* {{l|en|welsh}}

===References===
* [http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-gyp1.htm Gyp: Thieve], World Wide Words
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101012145306/http://www.vocaboly.com/forums/ftopic4766.html Etymology of "Gyp" / "gypped"], Vocaboly.com
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