English Explanatory Dictionary

gypsy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of Gypsy (“member of the Romani people”).
  2. An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
  3. 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.)
  4. A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
  5. A person with a dark complexion.
  6. A sly, roguish woman.
  7. A fortune teller.
  8. A whitewashed South Asian.
adj
  1. Alternative form of Gypsy: of or belonging to the Rom, Dom or Lom people.
  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.
verb
  1. To roam around the country like a gypsy.
  2. To perform the gypsy step in contra dancing.
noun
  1. A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc).
  2. A member of other nomadic peoples, not only of the Romani people; a traveller. Alternative spelling of gypsy.
name
  1. The language Romani.
  2. A female given name.
adj
  1. Of or belonging to the Romani people or one of it sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichel, etc).

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/ en-us-gypsy.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gypsy.wav

Word forms

gypsy gypsies gipsy gipsey gypsey gypsie gyptian gypsying gypsied

Etymology

See Gypsy. Compare bohemian, from Bohemia.

Synonyms

gyre gyp gip Rom Dom Lom zigeuner tzigane

Related words

bohemian Dom knacker pavee pikey Rom Roma Romani Romanichal Sinti Sinto tinker traveler traveller vagabond vagrant

Derived words

antigypsy dance gypsy gyplure gyppy gypsify gypsiologist gypsiology gypsycraft gypsy cream gypsydom gypsyesque gypsy hat gypsyish gypsyism gypsy jazz gypsylike gypsy moon gypsy ring gypsy rose gypsy sauce gypsy setting gypsy's kiss gypsy swing gypsy table gypsy tart gypsy truck gypsy wagon gypsyweed gypsy winch gypsywort nongypsy gyp gip gypsy cab gypsy moth gypsy mushroom English Gypsy gypsy Pakistani Gypsy

Translations

Afrikaans: sigeuner Albanian: cigan Albanian: cigane Arabic: غَجَر Arabic: غَجَرِيّ Arabic: غَجَرِيَّة Armenian: գնչու Armenian: գնչուհի Aromanian: cinghine Aromanian: yiftu Aromanian: curbet Azerbaijani: siqan Azerbaijani: qaraçı Bashkir: сиған Basque: ijito Belarusian: цыга́н Belarusian: цыга́нка Bulgarian: ци́ганин Bulgarian: ци́ганка Carpathian Rusyn: Циґан Carpathian Rusyn: Циґанка Catalan: gitano Chechen: цигон Chinese Mandarin: 吉普賽人 /吉普赛人 Chuvash: чикан Czech: Cikán Czech: Cikánka Danish: sigøjner Dutch: zigeuner Dutch: zigeunerin Esperanto: cigano Esperanto: ciganino Estonian: mustlane Faroese: sigoyni Faroese: sigoynari Finnish: mustalainen French: tsigane French: gitan French: gitane French: manouche Georgian: ბოშა German: Zigeuner German: Zigeunerin Greek: τσιγγάνος Greek: τσιγγάνα Greek: Ἀθίγγανος Haitian Creole: jitàn Hebrew: צוֹעֲנִי Hebrew: צוֹעֲנִית Hindi: जिप्सी Hungarian: cigány Icelandic: Sígauni Irish: giofóg Irish: duine den lucht siúil Italian: zingaro Italian: zingara Japanese: ジプシー Kazakh: сыған Kazakh: цыган Korean: 집시 Northern Kurdish: cengene Northern Kurdish: qereçî Kyrgyz: сыган Kyrgyz: цыган Latvian: čigāns Latvian: čigāne Lithuanian: čigonas Lithuanian: čigonė
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