gip
/ɡɪp/
verb
- To cheat or swindle someone, especially by taking money dishonestly.
- Always check your change so no one can gip you at the market.
- The street vendor tried to gip tourists by charging double the normal price.
- He felt that the repair shop had gipped him by charging for work they never did.
noun
- An act of cheating or a swindle.
- That deal turned out to be a total gip — the product was broken.
- She realized too late that the online offer was a gip.
- They called the contest a gip because the prize never arrived.
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