gyp

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Noun

1. A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
   • 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!
2. Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”).

Verb

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.

Noun

1. 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.
2. The room in which such college servants work.
3. A small kitchen for use by college students.

Noun

1. Gypsophila.

Noun

1. Pain or discomfort.
   • My back's giving me gyp.

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