SpellRight › Spelling
Raregyps
The correct spelling is gyps.
How to pronounce gyps
noun
Say it like: Jyp-s
The correct spelling is gyps. (sometimes offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc). For example: "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!"
Usage 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!”
“My back's giving me gyp.”
Definition
noun
- 1.(sometimes offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc).
- 2.(sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
- 3.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.
- 4.The room in which such college servants work.
- 5.A small kitchen for use by college students.
Similar words
Words related in meaning — check their spelling too.