Gip Common

Gip has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Definitions

Noun

(sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating

gyp gip

Initialism of government investment pool.

A servant; a gyp.

In plain English: A gip was a person employed to do chores around a house.

"The old house had a live-in gip who cooked and cleaned for the family."

Verb

(sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle

"the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

gyp gip

Alternative form of gyp

To take out the entrails of (herrings).

In plain English: To "gip" means to remove the internal organs from a fish.

"The fishmonger quickly gipped the herring before wrapping it in newspaper."

Proper Noun

Initialism of GSM Interworking Profile (profile that allows a DECT base station to form part of a GSM network, given suitable handsets)

Example Sentences

"The old house had a live-in gip who cooked and cleaned for the family." noun

"The mischievous gip in the playground was making everyone laugh until they cried." noun

"My neighbor's new dog is such a friendly gip that it barks at every passing car." noun

"I tried to hide my surprise when the quiet kid turned out to be a total gip during the party." noun

"The fishmonger quickly gipped the herring before wrapping it in newspaper." verb