Definition
A person who guts and cleans fish by removing their internal organs, or someone who cheats or tricks others.
Etymology
From 'gip' plus the agent suffix '-er,' indicating someone who performs the action of gutting fish or, in slang use, someone who cheats.
Kelly Says
In working-class communities near fishing ports, 'gipper' was a respected trade—but the word's slang meaning for 'cheater' shows how working-class occupations sometimes got turned into insults.
Translations
ARالعربية
مُغْرِم
mu-gh-ri-m
CACatalà
enganyador
en-ga-nya-do-r
CSČeština
podvodník
po-d-vo-d-nik
DADansk
bedrager
be-dra-ger
DEDeutsch
Betrüger
be-troe-ger
ESEspañol
estafador
es-ta-fa-do-r
FRFrançais
arnaqueur
ar-na-ker
HIहिन्दी
धोखाधड़ी
dho-kha-d-h-ri
IDBahasa Indonesia
penipu
pe-ni-pu
ITItaliano
ingannatore
in-gan-na-to-re
KO한국어
속는 사람
sok-neun sa-ram
MSBahasa Melayu
penipu
pe-ni-pu
NLNederlands
bedrieger
be-drie-ger
NONorsk
bedrager
be-drage-r
PLPolski
oszust
o-su-zust
PTPortuguês
enganador
en-ga-na-dor
RORomână
înșelător
in-she-lo-tor
RUРусский
мошенник
mosh-en-nik
SVSvenska
bedragare
be-dra-ga-re
SWKiswahili
mwanachu
mwa-na-chu
TAதமிழ்
குழந்தை
kuzhanthai
TLTL
mang-a-alipusta
mang-a-a-li-pus-ta
TRTürkçe
dolandırıcı
do-lan-dir-i-ci
UKУкраїнська
обманщик
ob-man-sh-ik
VITiếng Việt
lừa đảo
l-ua-dao