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See also:Gypsy

English

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Etymology

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SeeGypsy. The generic usage that refers to anyitinerant person.

Comparebohemian, fromBohemia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gypsy (pluralgypsies)

  1. (sometimes offensive)Alternative form ofGypsy: a member of the Romani people.
  2. (colloquial) Anitinerant person or any person, not necessarilyRomani; atinker, atraveller or acarny.
  3. (sometimes offensive) A move incontra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in aswing).(Comparewhole gyp,half gyp, andgypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.)
  4. (theater) A member of aBroadwaymusicalchorus line.
  5. (dated) A person with adarkcomplexion.
  6. (dated) Asly,roguishwoman.
  7. (dated, colloquial) Afortune teller.

Usage notes

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See notes atGypsy.

Synonyms

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Translations

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member of the Rom people—seeGypsy
member of the Rom people—seeRom
any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft

Adjective

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gypsy (notcomparable)

  1. Alternative form ofGypsy: of or belonging to theRomani people.
  2. Itinerant; of or having the qualities of an itinerant person or group.
  3. (offensive) Of or having the qualities of anitinerant person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed toRomani people; making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.

Usage notes

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See the notes aboutGypsy.

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Verb

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gypsy (third-person singular simple presentgypsies,present participlegypsying,simple past and past participlegypsied)

  1. (intransitive) Toroam around thecountry like a gypsy.
    • 1885,Richard F. Burton, chapter XX, inThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 199 footnote:
      The rest of the day is spent out of doors "Gypsying", and families greatly enjoy themselves on these occasions.
  2. To perform thegypsy step in contra dancing.
    • 1992 April 7, win...@ssrl01.slac.stanford.edu, “contra-gypsies”, inrec.folk-dancing (Usenet):
      Look at the person you'regypsying with, and convey the message that you notice them as a person and that you're glad that they're there,[…]
    • 1998 September 9, Jonathan Sivier, “Contra Corners - followed by gypsy”, inrec.folk-dancing (Usenet):
      The only one I know of is The Tease by Tom Hinds which starts with the activesgypsying and then swinging their neighbors and ends with contra[…]

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