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gyps
We have found lemma(root) word of gyps : gyp.
Definitions
[dʒɪp], (Verb)
Definitions:
- cheat or swindle (someone)
(e.g: a young inventor gypped by greedy financiers)
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Origin
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mid 19th century (in sense ‘alter the appearance of a horse in order to conceal signs of age from a buyer’): probably ultimately from a shortening of gypsy
[dʒɪp], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an act of cheating someone; a swindle
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Origin
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mid 19th century (in sense ‘alter the appearance of a horse in order to conceal signs of age from a buyer’): probably ultimately from a shortening of gypsy
[dʒɪp], (Noun)
Definitions:
- pain or discomfort
(e.g: one of her Achilles tendons had begun giving her gyp)
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Origin
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late 19th century: perhaps from gee-up (see gee)
[dʒɪp], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a college servant at the Universities of Cambridge and Durham
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Origin
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late 17th century (originally denoting a menial servant): from obsolete gippo ‘menial kitchen servant’, originally denoting a man's short tunic, from obsolete French jupeau
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