Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny. · 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.) · A member of a Broadway musical chorus line. · A person with a dark complexion.
Alternative form of Gypsy: of or belonging to the Rom, Dom or Lom people. · 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.
To roam around the country like a gypsy. · To perform the gypsy step in contra dancing.
See Gypsy. Compare bohemian, from Bohemia.
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