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gypsy
/ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/
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What does gypsy mean?
noun
- An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
- A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
adjective
- Alternative form of Gypsy: of or belonging to the Rom, Dom or Lom people.
More meanings (13)
verb
- To roam around the country like a gypsy.
- To perform the gypsy step in contra dancing.
noun
- A member of other nomadic peoples, not only of the Romani people; a traveller. Alternative spelling of gypsy.
- (offensive) A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.)
- (dated) A person with a dark complexion.
- (dated) A sly, roguish woman.
- (dated) A fortune teller.
- (offensive) Alternative letter-case form of Gypsy (“a member of the Romani people”).
- (offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc).
proper noun
- A female given name.
- (offensive, rare) The language Romani.
adjective
- (offensive) Of or having the qualities of an itinerant person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Romani people; making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.
- (offensive) Of or belonging to the Romani people or one of it sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichel, etc).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/
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See this word in context.
A little gypsy wind came down it to meet them, laden with the spicy perfume of young dew-wet ferns.
The fourth and last gypsy was to have a sixth part of the 20s., which all men know to be 3s.
More book examples (3)
The larger significance of the telephone is that it completes the work of eliminating the hermit and gypsy elements of civilization.
The attempt to abolish the Gypsy name and manner of life might have been made without the assertion of a palpable absurdity.
If you call a gypsy a vagabond, I think you do him wrong, For he never goes a-travelling but he takes his home along.