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gyp
English
Etymology 1
Perhaps from the term gypsy (“Roma”), due to a stereotype of the Roma as swindlers. Compare jew (“defraud”), from Jew, and welsh (“swindle by defaulting on a debt”), from Welsh.
Alternative forms
- gip, jip (eye dialect spellings)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d???p/
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
gyp (plural gyps)
- (derogatory, sometimes offensive) 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!
- Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”)
Usage notes
Because this term is often considered to derive from the exonymic term Gypsy and represent a racist stereotype of the Romani, it may be offensive. See the usage note about gypsy.
Translations
Verb
gyp (third-person singular simple present gyps, present participle gypping, simple past and past participle gypped)
- (derogatory, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle someone or something inappropriately.
- 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.
Usage notes
See the notes about the noun, above.
Etymology 2
Perhaps the same as Etymology 1. An earlier theory derived the term from Ancient Greek ??? (gúps, “vulture”) (/?ýps/; compare Greek ????? (gýpas) /??i.pas/), "in reference to thievish habits of the servants" (and then derived Etymology 1 thence), but this does not explain the pronunciation.
Noun
gyp (plural gyps)
- (Cambridge and Durham, England, now chiefly historical) A college servant, one who would attend upon a number of students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks, distinct from a college porter or bedder.
- 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, 1919, Longmans, page 15,
- 'Why, what is the matter with you, John?' I asked of the gyp who waited on Vincey and myself.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, I [Uniform ed., p. 14]:
- Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much … .
- 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, 1919, Longmans, page 15,
- (Cambridge and Durham, England) The room in which such college servants work.
- (Cambridge and Durham, England) A small kitchen for use by college students.
Etymology 3
Shortening.
Noun
gyp (plural gyps)
- Gypsophila.
Etymology 4
Perhaps from gee up.
Noun
gyp (plural gyps)
- Pain or discomfort.
- My back's giving me gyp.
See also
- jew down
- welsh
References
- Gyp: Thieve, World Wide Words
- Etymology of "Gyp" / "gypped", Vocaboly.com
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hoax
English
Etymology
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Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /h??ks/
- (US) IPA(key): /ho?ks/
- Rhymes: -??ks
- Homophone: hokes
Verb
hoax (third-person singular simple present hoaxes, present participle hoaxing, simple past and past participle hoaxed)
- (transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
Derived terms
- hoaxer
- hoaxster (rare)
Translations
Noun
hoax (plural hoaxes)
- Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
Synonyms
- (deliberately false story or report): canard
Derived terms
- (deliberately false story or report): hoaxical, Hoaxocaust
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