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  • verb Present participle of gyp.

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Examples

  • And why does no one ever make a fuss when someone accuses someone else of “welshing” on a deal (offensive to the Welsh – seriously) or gypping someone (offensive to Gypsies).

    Matthew Yglesias » Trent Lott Revisited 2010

  • So when these people sell out, even though they get fabulously rich, they're gypping themselves out of one of the potentially most rewarding experiences of their unfolding lives.

    Steve Jobs quotes: the man in his own words 2011

  • Um, but seriously, the words gyp, gypped, and gypping are in the dictionary defined this way: Main Entry: 2gyp

    "Cleuless" is Right Jen 2008

  • But our education system is gypping people if it doesn't let them know that, if they drop out from high school, that they face a bleak future, so they're really engaged, so that they ...

    CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2008 2008

  • Soon, we will stop glamorizing unlicensed plumbers who don't use their real name and could face jail time for gypping Uncle Sam.

    Sam Greenfield: Custer Called, He Wants His Stand Back 2008

  • Now the blog toolmakers have figured out that the readers are gypping them out of page impressions, and are starting to embed all sorts of useless crap in their RSS feeds.

    Archive 2006-06-01 2006

  • Now the blog toolmakers have figured out that the readers are gypping them out of page impressions, and are starting to embed all sorts of useless crap in their RSS feeds.

    Startup idea #19578234: KippleKillr 2006

  • Why would you, Walter, continue using the terms, gypping and welshing?

    Trash Tax: Of Welshing And Gyps 2006

  • Just want to make sure I'm not gypping you with your title.

    CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2005 2005

  • I feel like I'm gypping people when I just send a two sentence email back to them, but that's all I have time for.

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2001

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