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单词 gyp
释义 gyp
I. \ˈjip\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably short for gypsy (I)
1. : a male college servant (as at Cambridge University)
 < the old gyp comes tapping at the door to learn my intentions for the evening — A.C.Benson >
— compare scout 4
2.
 a. : one who cheats : swindler
  < if any gyp does try to shake them down — A.H.Raskin >
 b. : an act or instance of cheating : fraud, swindle
  < have worked every tin-pot gyp you could think up to get a few dollars — New York Herald Tribune >
3. chiefly South & Midland : a female dog : bitch
 < as pretty a gyp as he'd ever laid eye on … a Walker hound with a brown streak running back from her ears — F.B.Gipson >
4. : a small-scale racehorse owner who trains and often rides his own horses
II. verb
(gypped ; gypped ; gypping ; gyps)
: cheat
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
: a hard time — used in the phrase to give (a person) gyp
 < apart from weariness, hunger, and a fair mental strain, my leg was giving me gypYale Review >
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: by shortening
: gypsum
 < gyp is very common in hard waters — W.F.Cloud >
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: by shortening
: gypsophila
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