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Gypsy
/ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/
(sometimes offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc).
📖 Definitions of "Gypsy"
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(sometimes offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc).
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(sometimes offensive) Of or belonging to the Romani people or one of it sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichel, etc).
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An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
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(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.)
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A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
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A person with a dark complexion.
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To roam around the country like a gypsy.
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To perform the gypsy step in contra dancing.
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