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
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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!"
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Gyp as a noun:
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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."
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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.
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Gyp as a noun (Cambridge, and, Durham, England):
The room in which such college servants work.
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Gyp as a noun (Cambridge, and, Durham, England):
A small kitchen for use by college students.
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Gyp as a noun:
Gypsophila.
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Gyp as a noun:
Pain or discomfort.
Examples:
"My back's giving me gyp."
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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.