Gypped vs Hipped - What's the difference?
gypped | hipped |
(gyp)
(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.
(hip)
(hip)
As verbs the difference between gypped and hipped
is that gypped is (gyp) while hipped is (hip) or hipped can be (hip).As an adjective hipped is
having hips or a feature resembling hips or hipped can be aware, informed or hipped can be depressed.gypped
English
Verb
(head)gyp
English
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