ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Gypsy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Gypsy is a noun meaning (sometimes offensive) Alternative form of Gypsy (“member of the Romani people”).

Meaning

(sometimes offensive) Alternative form of Gypsy (“member of the Romani people”).

(colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
(theater) A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
(sometimes offensive) A whitewashed South Asian.
(sometimes 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, colloquial) A fortune teller.

Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.

The rest of the day is spent out of doors "Gypsying", and families greatly enjoy themselves on these occasions.

Look at the person you're gypsying with, and convey the message that you notice them as a person and that you're glad that they're there, […]

The only one I know of is The Tease by Tom Hinds which starts with the actives gypsying and then swinging their neighbors and ends with contra […]

Depending on context, synonyms include gyre, gyp, gip, gipsy.

Related dictionary entries include gipsy, roma, zingaro, scholar, traveller, travelling.

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