English Explanatory Dictionary

gype

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. fool; clumsy, awkward person
  2. long-legged person
  3. silly boy

Word forms

gype gypes gipe

Etymology

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

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