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gyp

1 noun
     
gyp1 informal
1

give somebody gyp

British English
a) MI to be painful:
My bad leg is really giving me gyp today.
b) to punish someone or be angry with them because of something they have done
2 [singular] American English
a) something that you were tricked into buying
b) a situation in which you feel you have been cheated:
What a gyp!
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