noun pl. Gypsies -·sies

1. a member of a nomadic Caucasoid people with dark skin and black hair, found throughout the world and believed to have originated in India: they are conventionally known as metalworkers, musicians, fortunetellers, etc.
2. Romany ()
3. a person whose appearance or habits are like those of a Gypsy
4. a dancer in the chorus of a musical show

Etymology: earlier gypcien, short for Egipcien, Egyptian: orig. thought to have come from Egypt

adjective

1. of, like, or characteristic of the Gypsies or their language or culture
2. Informal unlicensed or nonunion a gypsy plumber

intransitive verb gypsied -·sied, gypsying -·sy·ing