to gyp

Examples

• All

• Trying to gyp and double-cross me with no guts for it.

  The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

• "No, he didn't gyp.

  Fiction book (1994)

• We're not trying to gyp you.

  Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)

• I wouldn't gyp you.

  They Drive by Night (1940)

• If they felt like I got slighted, I got gypped, I got sandbagged or or maybe just, you know, I just feel like this person got more and I got less.

  Bedros Keuilian

• But BFFS has been gypped after ABC, Hulu started their own game show that's essentially just Boomer Zoomer.

  BFFs: Josh Richards & Bri Chickenfry

• He tried to gyp me by selling a fake watch at a high price.

• I felt terrible when I realized I had gypped my friend out of his money.

• It's unfair to gyp someone for their hard-earned cash.

Synonyms

C

to con

vsto gyp

• Informal

81 7.3

To trick someone into giving their money or things

focuses on tricking to get any item rather than only money or goods

G

to grift

vsto gyp

• Slang

1 8.9

To cheat people to get money

also covers swindling of goods or other gains, not only money

G

to goldbrick

vsto gyp

• Archaic

1 9.9

To cheat someone out of money or things

is broader and covers cheating of money or goods in general

G

to gip

vsto gyp

• Offensive

1 9.9

To cheat someone by taking their money or things

is identical in meaning but appears as an alternate spelling or form

S

to swizz

vsto gyp

• Slang

9.9

To trick someone out of their money

is the general term for cheating without naming the exact method

How Serious

to defraud

• Formal

38 6.9

to fleece

• Informal

19 8.5

to rip off

• Informal

180 6.5

to gyp

• Slur

1 9.9

to cheat

502 1.2

to dupe

57 6.4

to trick

289 3.5

Surface Forms

Etymology