Meaning of Gyp | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
   derogatory, offensive, sometimes
2. 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.
   historical
3. Gypsophila.
4. Pain or discomfort.
5. Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”).
6. The room in which such college servants work.
7. A small kitchen for use by college students.

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Examples

“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!”

“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.”

“'Why, what is the matter with you, John?' I asked of the gyp who waited on Vincey and myself.”

“Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much … .”

“My back's giving me gyp.”

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