noun

1. (sometimes offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc).

Synonyms: Rom, Roma, Romani, tzigane, zigeuner

noun

1. An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.

2. (sometimes offensive) 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.)

3. A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.

Synonyms: gip, gyp, gyre

verb

1. To roam around the country like a gypsy.

2. To perform the gypsy step in contra dancing.