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gyppo

gyppo is the alternative spelling of gippo.

Meaning of gippo

Noun

gippo (countable and uncountable, plural gippos or gippoes)

  1. (UK, offensive, slang) A Gypsy.
  2. (UK, offensive, rare, slang) An Egyptian.
    • Every foreigner in Cairo’s piling into the trains[.] The gyppo porters are having a high old time at the station.1977, Olivia Manning, chapter 1, in The Danger Tree
  3. (UK, slang, uncountable) Gravy.
    • He had his “dinner” in his canteen and placed it on the ground to go and “scrounge” a chunk of bread to help “fill up”, and as soon as he turned his back a dog walked in at the door of the barn, where we were “in residence” as they say “higher up”, [only we “flew no flag”], and started lapping up...2006, George H. Coward, Coward's War

Forms of gyppo

pluralgyppos
pluralgyppoes

Phrases with gyppo

Questions about gyppo

What is gyppo the alternative spelling of?
Gyppo is the alternative spelling of gippo.

Words near gyppo in the dictionary

  1. gyppers
  2. gyppery
  3. gyppie
  4. gyppies
  5. gypping
  6. gyppo
  7. gyppo logger
  8. gyppo loggers
  9. gyppoes
  10. gyppos
  11. gyppy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gyppo (page history and authors); gippo (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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