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gypsies

gypsies is the plural of gypsy.

gypsies is the plural of gypsie.

Meaning of gypsy

Noun

gypsy (plural gypsies)

  1. (colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
    • Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  2. (offensive, sometimes) 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.)
    Synonyms:
    gyre, gyp, gip
  3. A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
  4. (dated) A person with a dark complexion.
  5. (dated) A sly, roguish woman.
  6. (colloquial, dated) A fortune teller.

See all 14 meanings of gypsy

Noun capitalized: Gypsies

Gypsies

  1. (plural) plural of Gypsy

Phrases with gypsies

Questions about gypsies

What is gypsies the plural of?
Gypsies is the plural of gypsy.
What part of speech is gypsies?
Gypsies is a noun.

Words near gypsies in the dictionary

  1. gypsid
  2. gypsids
  3. gypsie
  4. gypsie's kiss
  5. gypsied
  6. gypsies
  7. gypsiferous
  8. gypsification
  9. gypsified
  10. gypsifies
  11. gypsify

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