"gyp" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "full gyp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hall gyp"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gypsy",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Roma"
      },
      "expansion": "gypsy (“Roma”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "jew",
        "3": "",
        "4": "defraud"
      },
      "expansion": "jew (“defraud”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Jew"
      },
      "expansion": "Jew",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "welsh",
        "3": "",
        "4": "swindle by defaulting on a debt"
      },
      "expansion": "welsh (“swindle by defaulting on a debt”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Welsh"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dupe"
      },
      "expansion": "dupe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "idiot"
      },
      "expansion": "idiot",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "eejit"
      },
      "expansion": "eejit",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.\nCould also be derived from dupe, with the same pattern (yod coalescence) as idiot becomes eejit in Scottish English.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gyps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gyp (plural gyps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cheat or swindle; a rip-off."
      ],
      "id": "en-gyp-en-noun-auRExR3w",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "cheat",
          "cheat"
        ],
        [
          "swindle",
          "swindle"
        ],
        [
          "rip-off",
          "rip-off"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "offensive",
        "sometimes"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izmamnik",
          "sense": "a cheat or swindle; a rip-off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "измамник"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mošenik",
          "sense": "a cheat or swindle; a rip-off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мошеник"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a cheat or swindle; a rip-off",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kanciarz"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 15 23 26 6 19 8 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 14 21 20 5 25 9 3",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Carnation family plants",
          "orig": "en:Carnation family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Caryophyllales order plants",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-gyp-en-noun-ir9ZP0H2",
      "links": [
        [
          "gypsy",
          "gypsy#English"
        ],
        [
          "contra dance",
          "contra dance"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "contra dance step",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "gypsy"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɪp/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪp"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-gyp.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/En-us-gyp.ogg/En-us-gyp.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/En-us-gyp.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gip"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "jip"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gyp"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gypsy",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Roma"
      },
      "expansion": "gypsy (“Roma”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "jew",
        "3": "",
        "4": "defraud"
      },
      "expansion": "jew (“defraud”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Jew"
      },
      "expansion": "Jew",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "welsh",
        "3": "",
        "4": "swindle by defaulting on a debt"
      },
      "expansion": "welsh (“swindle by defaulting on a debt”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Welsh"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dupe"
      },
      "expansion": "dupe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "idiot"
      },
      "expansion": "idiot",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "eejit"
      },
      "expansion": "eejit",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.\nCould also be derived from dupe, with the same pattern (yod coalescence) as idiot becomes eejit in Scottish English.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gyps",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gypping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gypped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gypped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gyp (third-person singular simple present gyps, present participle gypping, simple past and past participle gypped)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The cab driver gypped me out of ten bucks by taking the longer route.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "You better watch out; they'll try to gyp you if you don't know what you're doing.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 16, Maya Yang, quoting Whoopi Goldberg, “Whoopi Goldberg apologizes for using Romany slur on ABC’s The View”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "On Wednesday, Goldberg used a derogatory term associated with Romany people while discussing former president Donald Trump, saying that his supporters are “people who still believe that he got gypped somehow in the election”.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cheat or swindle."
      ],
      "id": "en-gyp-en-verb-YK4T9TYp",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "cheat",
          "cheat"
        ],
        [
          "swindle",
          "swindle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "offensive",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɪp/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪp"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-gyp.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/En-us-gyp.ogg/En-us-gyp.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/En-us-gyp.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gip"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "jip"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gyp"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "γύψ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "vulture"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek γύψ (gúps, “vulture”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "γύπας"
      },
      "expansion": "Greek γύπας (gýpas)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps the same as Etymology 1. An earlier theory derived the term from Ancient Greek γύψ (gúps, “vulture”) (/ɡýps/; compare Greek γύπας (gýpas) /ˈʝi.pas/), \"in reference to thievish habits of the servants\" (and then derived Etymology 1 thence), but this does not explain the pronunciation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gyps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gyp (plural gyps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cambridge University English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Durham University English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 15 23 26 6 19 8 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 14 21 20 5 25 9 3",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Carnation family plants",
          "orig": "en:Carnation family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Caryophyllales order plants",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 10 42 19 4 15 6 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rooms",
          "orig": "en:Rooms",
          "parents": [
            "Buildings and structures",
            "Architecture",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 40",
          "text": "All was neglect. The outer door of this room, which was open, was nearly on a level with the Quadrangle — some coats and trousers and boots were upon the ebony table and a \"gyp\" was brushing away at them just within the door — in wet weather he performed these functions entirely within the library, as innocent of the incongruity of his position as my guide himself.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, I [Uniform ed., p. 14]",
          "text": "Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much … ."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend upon (usually several) students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks; generally equivalent to a scout in the historical sense at Oxford University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin."
      ],
      "id": "en-gyp-en-noun-DZw0lBnq",
      "links": [
        [
          "domestic",
          "domestic"
        ],
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "scout",
          "scout"
        ],
        [
          "skip",
          "skip"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Cambridge University; Durham University; Cambridge University; Durham University",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cambridge University, Durham University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend upon (usually several) students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks; generally equivalent to a scout in the historical sense at Oxford University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cambridge University English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Durham University English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 15 23 26 6 19 8 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 14 21 20 5 25 9 3",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Carnation family plants",
          "orig": "en:Carnation family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Caryophyllales order plants",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The room in which such college servants work."
      ],
      "id": "en-gyp-en-noun-0LxqUW7a",
      "qualifier": "Cambridge University; Durham University; Cambridge University; Durham University",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cambridge University, Durham University) The room in which such college servants work."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cambridge University English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Durham University English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small kitchen for use by college students."
      ],
      "id": "en-gyp-en-noun-pY9mWKJZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "kitchen",
          "kitchen"
        ],
        [
          "college",
          "college"
        ],
        [
          "students",
          "students"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Cambridge University; Durham University; Cambridge University; Durham University",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cambridge University, Durham University) A small kitchen for use by college students."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gyp"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "Shortening.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gyps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gyp (plural gyps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 15 23 26 6 19 8 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 13 19 17 6 34 7 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 14 21 20 5 25 9 3",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Carnation family plants",
          "orig": "en:Carnation family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Caryophyllales order plants",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Gypsophila."
      ],
      "id": "en-gyp-en-noun-7TA5dB0e",
      "links": [
        [
          "Gypsophila",
          "gypsophila"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gyp"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from gee up.",
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    {
      "form": "gyps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gyp (plural gyps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My back's giving me gyp."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pain or discomfort."
      ],
      "id": "en-gyp-en-noun-RYbRjFk3",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "jew down"
        },
        {
          "word": "welsh"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gyp"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪp",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪp/1 syllable",
    "en:Carnation family plants",
    "en:Rooms"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "full gyp"
    },
    {
      "word": "hall gyp"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gypsy",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Roma"
      },
      "expansion": "gypsy (“Roma”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "jew",
        "3": "",
        "4": "defraud"
      },
      "expansion": "jew (“defraud”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Jew"
      },
      "expansion": "Jew",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "welsh",
        "3": "",
        "4": "swindle by defaulting on a debt"
      },
      "expansion": "welsh (“swindle by defaulting on a debt”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Welsh"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dupe"
      },
      "expansion": "dupe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "idiot"
      },
      "expansion": "idiot",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "eejit"
      },
      "expansion": "eejit",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.\nCould also be derived from dupe, with the same pattern (yod coalescence) as idiot becomes eejit in Scottish English.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gyps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gyp (plural gyps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English offensive terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cheat or swindle; a rip-off."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "cheat",
          "cheat"
        ],
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