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gip

gip is the alternative form of gyp.

Verb

gip (third-person singular simple present gips, present participle gipping, simple past and past participle gipped)

  1. To take out the entrails of (herrings).
  2. (Yorkshire) To retch
    • Bi Gow, it stinks enuff to mek thee gip does that!

Meaning of gyp

Verb

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

  1. (derogatory, offensive, sometimes) To cheat or swindle.
    • The cab driver gypped me out of ten bucks by taking the longer route.

See all 8 meanings of gyp

Noun (1)

gip (plural gips)

  1. A servant; a gyp.
    • The girls seldom passed her without her saying, “Move faster, you black gip!” at the same time giving them a blow with the cowskin over the head or shoulders, often drawing the blood.1846 [1845], Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, page 35

Proper noun capitalized: GIP

GIP

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of GSM Interworking Profile (profile that allows a DECT base station to form part of a GSM network, given suitable handsets)

Noun (2) capitalized: GIP

GIP

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of government investment pool.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of gross internal product.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of gastric inhibitory polypeptide, an inhibiting hormone.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide, a digestive hormone.

Forms of gip

Verb
third-person singular presentgips
present participlegipping
past participlegipped
pastgipped
Noun
pluralgips

Words formed from gip

Phrases with gip

Questions about gip

What does gip mean?
Gip means a servant; a gyp.
What is gip the alternative form of?
Gip is the alternative form of gyp.
What part of speech is gip?
Gip can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
What is the plural of gip?
The plural of gip is gips.

Words near gip in the dictionary

  1. Giovanniellos
  2. Giovannini
  3. Giovanninis
  4. Giovenale
  5. Giovinazzi
  6. gip
  7. gipe
  8. gipes
  9. Giporlos
  10. gipouns
  11. gipped

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gip (page history and authors); GIP (page history and authors); gyp (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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