US /ˈdʒɪp/ UK /ˈdʒɪp/
Homophones
verb noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to cheat or swindle someone

    The street vendor tried to gip the tourists with fake watches.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to cheat or swindle someone cheatswindledefraudconfleecedupe
Word family
Related forms gyp

Etymology

Variant of gyp, of uncertain origin; commonly thought to derive from Gypsy (an exonym for the Romani), though this etymology is disputed and now considered offensive.

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