Definition of Gyp

Noun: gyp jip

A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- bunco [N. Amer], bunco game [N. Amer], bunko [N. Amer], bunko game [N. Amer], con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, sting, flimflam

Verb: gyp (gypped,gypping) jip

Deprive of by deceit
"the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change";
- victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer], nobble [Brit], diddle, bunco [N. Amer], defraud, scam, mulct, gip, hornswoggle [N. Amer], short-change, con, victimise [Brit], ream [N. Amer], grift [N. Amer], bunko