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gipsying

gipsying is the present participle and gerund of gipsy.

Meaning of gipsy

Verb

gipsy (third-person singular simple present gipsies, present participle gipsying, simple past and past participle gipsied)

  1. (UK) Dated spelling of gypsy.

See all 3 meanings of gipsy

Noun

gipsying (plural gipsyings)

  1. (archaic) An excursion into the countryside.
    • His friend Finlay had returned from the West Indies, and, making a tour through England and Ireland, bent his steps to the North to revisit the scenes of his youthful gipsyings with Miller.1871, Peter Bayne, The Life and Letters of Hugh Miller

Forms of gipsying

pluralgipsyings

Questions about gipsying

What does gipsying mean?
Gipsying means an excursion into the countryside.
What is gipsying the present participle and gerund of?
Gipsying is the present participle and gerund of gipsy.
What part of speech is gipsying?
Gipsying is a noun.
What is the plural of gipsying?
The plural of gipsying is gipsyings.

Words near gipsying in the dictionary

  1. Gipsy Hill
  2. Gipsy Point
  3. gipsy ring
  4. gipsy rings
  5. gipsydom
  6. gipsying
  7. gipsyings
  8. gipsyish
  9. gipsyism
  10. gipsyisms
  11. gipsylike

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