Bamboozle vs Gyp - What's the difference?
bamboozle | gyp | Synonyms |
(informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
* 1851 ,
*:“Look here, friend,” said I, “if you have anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.”
(pejorative, sometimes, offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
(pejorative, sometimes, offensive) To cheat or swindle someone of something inappropriately.
A college servant.
The room in which such college servants work.
A small kitchen for use by college students.
Bamboozle is a synonym of gyp.
As verbs the difference between bamboozle and gyp
is that bamboozle is (informal) to con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone while gyp is (pejorative|sometimes|offensive) to cheat or swindle someone of something inappropriately.As a noun gyp is
(pejorative|sometimes|offensive) a cheat or swindle; a rip-off or gyp can be a college servant or gyp can be gypsophila or gyp can be pain or discomfort.bamboozle
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Verb
(bamboozl)gyp
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Etymology 1
Probably from the termAlternative forms
* gip, jip (eye dialect spellings)Noun
(en noun)- 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 !
Usage notes
Because this term is often considered to derive from the problematic exonymic term Gypsy'' and represent a racist stereotype of the Romani, it may be offensive. See the usage note about ''gypsy .Verb
(gypp)- The cab driver gypped me out of ten bucks by taking the longer route.
- You better watch out; they'll try to gyp you if you don't know what you're doing.
Usage notes
See the notes about the noun, above.See also
* jew down * welshReferences
*Gyp: Thieve, World Wide Words *
Etymology of "Gyp" / "gypped", Vocaboly.com