gyp

Other forms of gyp

plural

gyps·

past tense or participle

gypped

present participle

gypping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gyp

What does gyp mean?

gyp means "(sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gyp?

gyp has 1 syllable: gyp. In IPA it is /ˈdʒɪp/.

What is another word for gyp?

Close synonyms include gip, gip. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gyp a common word?

gyp is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.