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to gip

to gip

9.9
To cheat someone by taking their money or things
  • verb
  • /ɡɪp/
  • Offensive
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  • I realized too late that the ticket seller had gipped us.

Examples

  • The mechanic tried to gip me by charging for work he never did.

  • It’s wrong to gip customers, no matter how much you dislike your job.

  • Don't gip your friends!

  • He was gipped out of his money.

  • The con artist tried to gip the elderly couple out of their savings.

  • He realized too late that the dealer had attempted to gip him with the faulty car.

  • The scam was designed to gip unsuspecting tourists visiting the city.

Synonyms

to con
vsto gip
  • Informal
61 7.3

To trick someone into giving their money or things

is a sometimes offensive slang term for that direct deceit
to swindle
vsto gip
20 5.5

To cheat someone and take their money by lying

is a sometimes offensive slang term for the same cheating
to rook
vsto gip
  • Archaic
3 9.9

To cheat someone and take their money or things

is a sometimes offensive slang term for that trickery
to grift
vsto gip
  • Slang
1 8.9

To cheat people to get money

is a sometimes offensive slang term for that money scheme
to goldbrick
vsto gip
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To cheat someone out of money or things

is a sometimes offensive slang term for this deceptive trick
to swizz
vsto gip
  • Slang
9.9

To trick someone out of their money

is a sometimes offensive slang term for that type of cheating

How Deceptive

to defraud
  • Formal
40 6.9
to swindle
20 5.5
to gip
  • Offensive
9.9
to cheat
474 1.2
to mislead
87 3.9

Surface Forms

gip infinitive
gipped past
gipped past participle
gipping present participle
gips third person singular

Etymology

Gip as a verb is used like the slang gyp, meaning 'to cheat', and some people find that related word offensive. So to gip someone is to cheat them out of money or things.