Meanings
gip1
present singular third person gips · participle present gipping · participle past gipped · past gipped
- alternativeAlternative form of gyp.
plural gips
- A servant; a gyp.
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.
1846 [1845], Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, page 35
gip2
present singular third person gips · participle present gipping · participle past gipped · past gipped
- To take out the entrails of (herrings).
GIP3
- abbreviationinitialismcommunicationsInitialism of GSM Interworking Profile (profile that allows a DECT base station to form part of a GSM network, given suitable handsets)
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of government investment pool.
- abbreviationinitialismeconomicsInitialism of gross internal product.
- abbreviationinitialismbiochemistryInitialism of gastric inhibitory polypeptide, an inhibiting hormone.
- abbreviationinitialismbiochemistryInitialism of glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide, a digestive hormone.
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