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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gypsy

	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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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gypsy

	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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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gypsy

	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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Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
gypsy

	Gypsy
     n 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]

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
gypsy

	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].

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