gip

[jip] /dʒɪp/
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), gipped, gipping, noun
1.
gyp1 .
Related forms
gipper, noun
British Dictionary definitions for gip

gip

/dʒɪp/
verb gips, gipping, gipped
1.
a variant spelling of gyp1
2.
(Northern English, informal) to vomit or feel like vomiting
noun
3.
a variant spelling of gyp2

gyp1

/dʒɪp/
verb gyps, gypping, gypped, gips, gipping, gipped
1.
(transitive) to swindle, cheat, or defraud
noun
2.
an act of cheating
3.
a person who gyps
Word Origin
C18: back formation from Gypsy
Word Origin and History for gip

attested from 1840 as an abbreviation of gypsy (q.v.). Also see gyp. Related: Gipped; gipping.

gip in Medicine

GIP abbr.
gastric inhibitory polypeptide

Slang definitions & phrases for gip

gip

Related Terms

gyp


gyp

modifier

: a gyp joint/ gyp terms

noun
  1. (also gyp artist or gypster) A swindler; cheater; crook: denunciations of punks, tinhorns, and gyps (1889+)
  2. : the victim of any such gyp (1914+)
  3. A cabdriver who does not start the meter, hence can pocket the fare (1930+ Cabdrivers)
verb

To cheat; swindle; con: We got gypped out of it all in two days

[fr gypsy]


gip in Technology

1. General Interpretive Programme.
A 1956 interpreted language for the English Electric DEUCE, with array operations and an extensive library of numerical methods.
["Interpretive and Brick Schemes, with Special Reference to Matrix Operations", English Electric COmpany, DEUCE News No. 10 (1956)].
(1994-11-02)
2. An erroneous singular of GIPS.
Related Abbreviations for gip

GIP

  1. gastric inhibitory polypeptide
  2. gastric inhibitory peptide
  3. Gibraltar-pound (currency)