From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
Gypsy
n 1: a member of a nomadic people originating in northern India
and now living on all continents [syn: Gypsy, Gipsy,
Romany, Rommany, Roma, Bohemian]
2: the Indic language of the Gypsies [syn: Romany, Gypsy]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gypsy \Gyp"sy\ a.
Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies.
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Gypsy hat, a woman's or child's broad-brimmed hat, usually
of straw or felt.
Gypsy winch, a small winch, which may be operated by a
crank, or by a ratchet and pawl through a lever working up
and down.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gypsy \Gyp"sy\ (j[i^]p"s[y^]), v. i.
To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods. Mostly,
Gyp"sy*ing, vb. n.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gypsy \Gyp"sy\ (j[i^]p"s[y^]), n.; pl. Gypsies
(j[i^]p"s[i^]z). [OE. Gypcyan, F. ['e]gyptien Egyptian,
gypsy, L. Aegyptius. See Egyptian.] [Also spelled gipsy
and gypsey.]
1. One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally
from India, entered Europe in the 14th or 15th century,
and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain,
England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling,
horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany.
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Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose,
Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. --Shak.
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2. The language used by the gypsies.
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3. A dark-complexioned person. --Shak.
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4. A cunning or crafty person. [Colloq.] --Prior.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
Gypsy
Specification and verification of concurrent systems
software. Message passing using named mailboxes.
Separately compilable units: routine (procedure, function, or
process), type and constant definition, each with a list of
access rights.
["Report on the Language Gypsy", A.L. Ambler et al, UT Austin
ICSCS-CMP-1976-08-1].