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gyp

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: 1889, OED Evaluation: orig U.S.

To cheat, trick, swindle.

ExampleMeaning
And so ah we helped her and then- then later on they- they ah made it sixteen. ... My youngest sister, she- she went. She was older when (inc) went ah, to- to ah high-school. ... So we kind-of got gypped there. ... (Laughs) Well things were different in those days, eh?
To cheat, trick, swindle.
ExampleMeaning
And I- I said "I'll give you twelve-five." Wouldn't go for it. I finally got him down to fourteen. Fourteen cash. 'Til the day he died, he never forgot that. ... I gypped him down a thousand dollars.
To cheat, trick, swindle.
ExampleMeaning
... but the amount of water was a four-foot head coming through a- you-know, a seven-inch by a fifteen-inch hole; it was going a lot quicker with a four-foot head than a- than a two-inch head. So therefore, ah, I think it was getting a bit gypped, you-know?
To cheat, trick, swindle.