gip
English
Etymology 1
Verb
gip (third-person singular simple present gips, present participle gipping, simple past and past participle gipped)
- Alternative form of gyp.
Noun
gip (plural gips)
- A servant; a gyp.
- 1846 [1845], Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, page 35:
- The girls seldom passed her without her saying, “Move faster, you black gip!” at the same time giving them a blow with the cowskin over the head or shoulders, often drawing the blood.
Etymology 2
Verb
gip (third-person singular simple present gips, present participle gipping, simple past and past participle gipped)
- To take out the entrails of (herrings).
- (Yorkshire) to retch
- Bi Gow, it stinks enuff to mek thee gip does that!
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Italian
Etymology 1
Noun
gip f
Etymology 2
Noun
gip m or f
- acronym of giudice per le indagini preliminari
Middle High German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈɡɪp/
Verb
gip
- second-person singular present imperative of gëben
Occitan
Pronunciation
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Noun
gip m (plural gips)
- plaster (substance)
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Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
gip