The difference between Gyp and Jew down

When used as verbs, gyp means to cheat or swindle someone or something inappropriately, whereas jew down means to bargain or haggle with a seller in order to obtain a lower price for a good or service.


Gyp is also noun with the meaning: a cheat or swindle.

check bellow for the other definitions of Gyp and Jew down

  1. Gyp as a noun (pejorative, sometimes, offensive):

    A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.

    Examples:

    "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!"

  2. Gyp as a noun:

  1. Gyp as a verb (pejorative, sometimes, offensive):

    To cheat or swindle someone or something inappropriately.

    Examples:

    "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."

  1. Gyp as a noun (Cambridge, and, Durham, England, now, mainly, historical):

    A college servant, one who would attend upon a number of students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks, distinct from a college porter or bedder.

  2. Gyp as a noun (Cambridge, and, Durham, England):

    The room in which such college servants work.

  3. Gyp as a noun (Cambridge, and, Durham, England):

    A small kitchen for use by college students.

  1. Gyp as a noun:

    Gypsophila.

  1. Gyp as a noun:

    Pain or discomfort.

    Examples:

    "My back's giving me gyp."

  1. Jew down as a verb (offensive):

    To bargain or haggle with a seller in order to obtain a lower price for a good or service.

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