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Is gyp a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gyp is a Scrabble US word. The word gyp is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is gyp a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gyp is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

G2Y4P3

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GYP,

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Definitions and meaning of gyp

gyp

Etymology 1

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. Could also be derived from dupe, with the same pattern (yod coalescence) as idiot becomes eejit in Scottish English.

Alternative forms

  • gip, jip

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

gyp (plural gyps)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
    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!
  2. Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”)
Usage notes

Because this term is often considered to derive from the exonymic term Gypsy and represent a racist stereotype of the Romani, it may be offensive. See the usage note about gypsy.

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Verb

gyp (third-person singular simple present gyps, present participle gypping, simple past and past participle gypped)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle.
Usage notes

See the notes about the noun, above.

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

gyp (plural gyps)

  1. (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.
    • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, I [Uniform ed., p. 14]:
      Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much … .
    Coordinate terms: porter, bedder, scout
  2. (Cambridge University, Durham University) The room in which such college servants work.
  3. (Cambridge University, Durham University) A small kitchen for use by college students.

Etymology 3

Shortening.

Noun

gyp (plural gyps)

  1. Gypsophila.

Etymology 4

Perhaps from gee up.

Noun

gyp (plural gyps)

  1. Pain or discomfort.
    My back's giving me gyp.

See also

  • jew down
  • welsh

References

  • Gyp: Thieve, World Wide Words
  • Etymology of "Gyp" / "gypped", Vocaboly.com

Source: wiktionary.org