| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
| |
gyp also gip |
| |
| NOUN: | 1. Slang. A person who cheats: bilk, cheat, cheater, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, trickster, victimizer. Informal : chiseler, crook, flimflammer. Slang : diddler, gypper. See HONEST. 2. Slang. An act of cheating: cheat, fraud, swindle, victimization. Informal : flimflam. See HONEST. | | VERB: | Slang. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery: bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize. Informal : chisel, flimflam, take, trim. Slang : diddle1, do, stick, sting. See HONEST.
| | |
| |
| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
