gyp, gip
(verb) (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle; “the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gipped
simple past tense and past participle of gip
Source: Wiktionary
Gip, v. t.
Definition: To take out the entrails of (herrings).
Gip, n.
Definition: A servant. See Gyp. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
