Gypped was a word my dad used quite often, as in "my tooth is giving me gyp, I must go and see the dentist"

I could only find one dictionary definition for the way my dad used to use it:

2 gyp
n
Brit and NZ slang severe pain; torture
his arthritis gave him gyp
[probably a contraction of gee up!; see gee]

Don't think his way had anything to do with gypsies though - in fact his was the only way I'd ever heard the word used until I read yours
(Freakmandu, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 7:28, 1 reply)

I was told the the term 'gyp
Came from army forces in the war stationed in North Africa. Dodgy food fed to them in Egypt often led to a 'Gyppy' stomach.
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 11:11, closed)