gype

G2Y4P3E1

noun

fool; clumsy, awkward person

OriginScots gype →
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Meanings

noungype (plural gypes)

plural gypes · alternative gipe

  1. Ulsterfool; clumsy, awkward person
  2. Ulsterlong-legged person
  3. Ulstersilly boy

Origin

  1. Scotsgype“foolish, awkward person”
  2. Englishgype

From Scots gype (“foolish, awkward person”). Compare Old Norse geip (“nonsense”).

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Cite this entry
APA

gype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gype

MLA

“gype.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gype. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gype,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gype.

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