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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gypsy \Gyp"sy\ a. Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies.
{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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gypsy \Gyp"sy\ (j[i^]p"s[y^]), verb (used without an object) To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods. Mostly, {Gyp"sy*ing}, vb. n.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gypsy \Gyp"sy\ (j[i^]p"s[y^]), noun; 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}.
Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. --Shak.
2. The language used by the gypsies.
3. A dark-complexioned person. --Shak.
4. A cunning or crafty person. [Colloq.] --Prior.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Gypsy
noun
1: a member of a nomadic people originating in northern India and now living on all continents [syn: {Gipsy}, {Romany}, {Rommany}, {Roma}, {Bohemian}]
2: the Indic language of the Gypsies [syn: {Romany}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Gypsy Specification and verification of {concurrent} systems software. {Message} passing using named {mailbox}es. 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].
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