gypsy

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

Compare, from.

Noun

 * : a member of the Romani people.
 * 1)  An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
 * 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).
 * 3)  A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
 * 4)  A person with a dark complexion.
 * 5)  A sly, roguish woman.
 * 6)  A.
 * 1)  A.

Usage notes
See notes at.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: sigeuner
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: غَجَرِيّ, غَجَرِيَّة
 * Hijazi Arabic: غَجَري
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: ijito
 * Belarusian: цыга́н, цыга́нка
 * Bulgarian:, ци́ганка
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: sigøjner
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: cigano, ciganino
 * Estonian: mustlane
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Gagauz: ţigan
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ბოშა, ბოშა-ქალი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: צועני
 * Hindi: यायावार,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: giofóg, duine den lucht siúil, ruagaire reatha, bóithreoir, fánaí, fiaire feá, seachránaí
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ジプシー
 * Korean: 집시
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: Ци́ганин, Ци́ган, Ци́ганка
 * Norwegian: sigøyner, sigøynerske
 * Old English:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, cigana
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: giofag
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Ци̏ганин, Ци̏га̄нка
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: cigán, cigánka
 * Slovene: cigan, ciganka
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, zigenerska
 * Tajik:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: цига́н, цига́нка
 * Vietnamese: digan, dân gipsi, người Di Gan, dân gipxi
 * Yiddish: ציגײַנער

Adjective

 * : of or belonging to the Romani people.
 * 1)  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.

Usage notes
See the notes about Gypsy.

Verb

 * 1)  To roam around the country like a gypsy.
 * 2) To perform the gypsy step in contra dancing.
 * 1) To perform the gypsy step in contra dancing.