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gypsy.

An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/
  1. An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.

    colloquial
  2. 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.)

    offensive · sometimes
  3. A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.

  4. A person with a dark complexion.

    dated
  5. A sly, roguish woman.

    dated
  6. A fortune teller.

    colloquial · dated
  7. Alternative letter-case form of Gypsy (“a member of the Romani people”).

    alt-of · offensive · sometimes
Where this word comes from

See Gypsy. Compare bohemian, from Bohemia.

adj/ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/
  1. Alternative form of Gypsy: of or belonging to the Rom, Dom or Lom people.

    alt-of · alternative · not-comparable
  2. 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.

    not-comparable · offensive
Where this word comes from

See Gypsy. Compare bohemian, from Bohemia.

verb/ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/
  1. To roam around the country like a gypsy.

    intransitive
  2. To perform the gypsy step in contra dancing.

Where this word comes from

See Gypsy. Compare bohemian, from Bohemia.

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