| VERB | social | gyp, gip | (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle |
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| NOUN | act | gyp, gip | (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating |
| Sounds | jhih'p | |
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| Rhymes | acquaintanceship ... zip / ZIP: 103 rhymes with ihp... | |
| Meaning | (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating. | |
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| Synonym | gip | |
| Broader | swindle, cheat, rig | The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme |
| Usage of | disparagement, depreciation, derogation | A communication that belittles somebody or something |
| Spanish | bunco, bunko, camelo, engatusamiento, estafa, fraude, timo | |
| Catalan | bunco, bunko, entabanada, estafa, frau | |
| Verbs | gyp | (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle |
| Meaning | (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Model | They gyp him of all his money | |
| Example | "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" | |
| Synonym | gip | |
| Broader | cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit |
| Usage of | disparagement, depreciation, derogation | A communication that belittles somebody or something |
| Spanish | dar gato por liebre, defraudar, embaucar, engañar, estafar, petardear, timar, victimizar | |
| Catalan | defraudar, entabanar, estafar | |
| Nouns | gyp | (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating |
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