gip

See also: GIP and gyp

English

Etymology 1

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of gyp

Noun

gip (plural gips)

1. A servant; a gyp.
   • 1846 [1845], Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, page 35:

     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.

Etymology 2

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

Derived terms

• gipper

Anagrams

• GPI, PGI, PIG, Pig, pig

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

gip m (plural gips)

1. plaster (substance)

Synonyms

• geis

Derived terms

• engipar

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From German Gift.

Noun

gip

1. poison