Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. to cause pain or trouble; usu. as give someone gyp; thus get gip/gyp, to receive such pain.

1900		Bulletin (Sydney) 8 Dec. 7/2: Jimmy got an abscess under ’is tooth, an’ every time he’d open his mouth ter cuss, it useter give him reg’lar jip, an’ as soon as he’d shut it an’ start moanin’ the ole ’oss ’ud stop dead.
1910		‘G.B. Lancaster’ Jim of the Ranges 212: ‘Jim Kyneton’s a good man, and this is giving him particular gyp if I know anything of good men,’ he said .
1916		P. MacGill The Great Push 234: I was just going to look over the top when the shell hit and a piece had gone right through my foot near the big toe. [...] Gawd! it doesn’t ’arf give me gip!
1927		(con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 276: ‘Give ’em jip!’ was usually shouted after him, at which he caught the lash of his whip in a dextrous gesture.
1943		R. Llewellyn None But the Lonely Heart 56: Her feet was giving her gip.
1948		R. Park Harp in South 167: [The] heel of her shoe [...] had been giving her jip all evening.
1951		Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 323: Claire’s veins were giving her gyp too.
1964		P. White Burnt Ones 298: The wind was giving his eyes gyp.
1965		J.P. Carstairs Concrete Kimono 66: The back of my head began to give me jip again.
1966		C. Wood Fill the Stage With Happy Hours (1967) Act IV: I don’t know how I went on – my face was giving me jip.
1986		J. Sullivan ‘The Miracle of Peckham’ Only Fools and Horses [TV script] Oh, the corns are still giving me gip.
1992		R. Park Fence Around the Cuckoo 109: My back’s giving me jip.
1995		D. Lodge Therapy (1996) 214: My knee was giving me gyp.
1999		Guardian Rev. 1 Oct. 17: Poor bloke, I remember thinking: he must get some fair old gip for that.
2001		J. Baker Shooting In The Dark (2002) 109: Like it’s teething at the moment, and you know how it’s giving her gyp.
2012		(con. 1980s) I. Welsh Skagboys 17: His leg’s fucked, but my back’s giein me gyp.

2. (UK tramp/ Scot.) to admonish, to punish.

1893		Funk’s Standard Dict. To give one gyp, to make one smart for anything done .
1933		M. Marshall Tramp-Royal on the Toby 344: He’ll give you gyp for lighting a fire in his wood, chum.
2016		Times 28 Oct. 🌐 ‘You had injections in your armpits to stop you sweating. What did your friends and family say?’ ‘I’ve had a bit of gyp for it,’ Scott admitted.