gypsy

See also: Gypsy

English

See Gypsy. The generic usage that refers to any itinerant person.

Compare bohemian, from Bohemia.

gypsy (plural gypsies)

(sometimes offensive) Alternative form of Gypsy: a member of the Romani people.
(colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene 7,
  Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.
(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.)
(theater) A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
(dated) A person with a dark complexion.
(dated) A sly, roguish woman.

See notes at Gypsy.

member of the Rom people — see Gypsy

member of the Rom people — see Rom

any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft

Afrikaans: sigeuner
Albanian: arixhi (sq) m, arixheshkë (sq) f
Arabic: غَجَرِيّ‎ m (ḡajariyy), غَجَرِيَّة‎ f (ḡajariyya)
Armenian: գնչու (hy) (gnčʿu)
Basque: ijito
Belarusian: цыга́н m (cyhán), цыга́нка f (cyhánka)
Bulgarian: ци́ганин (bg) m (cíganin), ци́ганка f (cíganka)
Catalan: gitano (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 吉普賽人 (zh), 吉普赛人 (zh) (Jípǔsài rén)
Czech: cikán (cs) m
Danish: sigøjner c
Dutch: zigeuner (nl) m, zigeunerin (nl) f
Esperanto: cigano, ciganino
Estonian: mustlane
Finnish: mustalainen (fi)
French: gitan (fr) m, tsigane (fr) m or f, romanichel (fr)
Galician: xitano m
Georgian: ბოშა m (boša), ბოშა-ქალი f (boša-kali)
German: Zigeuner (de) m, Zigeunerin (de) f
Greek: τσιγγάνος (el) m (tsingános), αθίγγανος (el) m (athínganos)
Hebrew: צועני‎
Hindi: यायावार (yāyāvār), जिप्सी (hi) (jipsī)
Hungarian: cigány (hu)
Icelandic: sígauni m
Irish: giofóg f, duine den lucht siúil m, ruagaire reatha m, bóithreoir m, fánaí m, fiaire feá m, seachránaí m
Italian: zingaro (it) m, zingara (it) f

Japanese: ジプシー (jipushī)
Korean: 집시 (jipsi)
Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
Latin: ^{(please verify)} gitana
Macedonian: Ци́ганин m (Cíganin), Ци́ган m (Cígan), Ци́ганка f (Cíganka)
Norwegian: sigøyner m, sigøynerske f
Old English: please add this translation if you can
Persian: کولی‎ (fa) (kowli)
Polish: cygan (pl) m, cyganka f
Portuguese: cigano (pt) m, cigana f
Romanian: țigan (ro) m, țigancă (ro) f
Russian: цыга́н (ru) m (cygán), цыга́нка (ru) f (cygánka)
Scottish Gaelic: giofag f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ци̏ганин m, Ци̏га̄нка f

Roman: Cȉganin (sh) m, Cȉgānka (sh) f
Slovak: cigán m, cigánka f
Slovene: cigan m, ciganka f
Spanish: gitano (es) m, gitana (es) f
Swedish: zigenare (sv), zigenerska
Tajik: please add this translation if you can
Thai: ยิปซี (th)
Turkish: çingene (tr)
Ukrainian: цига́н m (cyhán), цига́нка f (cyhánka)
Vietnamese: digan, dân gipsi, người Di Gan, dân gipxi
Yiddish: ציגײַנער‎ m (tsigayner)

gypsy (not comparable)

Alternative form of Gypsy: of or belonging to the Romani people.
(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.

See the notes about Gypsy.

gypsy (third-person singular simple present gypsies, present participle gypsying, simple past and past participle gypsied)

(intransitive) To roam around the country like a gypsy.
To perform the gypsy step in contra dancing.
- 1992 April 7, win...@ssrl01.slac.stanford.edu, contra-gypsies, in rec.folk-dancing, Usenet:
  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, […]
- 1998, September 9, Jonathan Sivier, Contra Corners - followed by gypsy, in rec.folk-dancing, Usenet:
  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 […]

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