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Gyp⋅sy

  [jip-see] noun, plural -sies, adjective
–noun
1. a member of a nomadic, Caucasoid people of generally swarthy complexion, who migrated originally from India, settling in various parts of Asia, Europe, and, most recently, North America.
2. Romany; the language of the Gypsies.
3. (lowercase) a person held to resemble a gypsy, esp. in physical characteristics or in a traditionally ascribed freedom or inclination to move from place to place.
4. (lowercase) Informal. gypsy cab.
5. (lowercase) Informal. an independent, usually nonunion trucker, hauler, operator, etc.
6. (lowercase) Slang. a chorus dancer, esp. in the Broadway theater.
7. (lowercase) gyp 1 (def. 4).
–adjective
8. of or pertaining to the Gypsies.
9. (lowercase) Informal. working independently or without a license: gypsy truckers.
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Also, especially British, Gipsy, gipsy.

Origin:
1505–15; back formation of gipcyan, aph. var. of Egyptian, from a belief that Gypsies came originally from Egypt

Related forms:
gyp⋅sy⋅dom, noun
gyp⋅sy⋅esque, gyp⋅sy⋅ish, gyp⋅sy⋅like, gyp⋅se⋅ian, adjective
gyp⋅sy⋅hood, noun
gyp⋅sy⋅ism, noun
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gyp

1  [jip] verb, gypped, gyp⋅ping, noun
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to defraud or rob by some sharp practice; swindle; cheat.
–noun
2. a swindle or fraud.
3. Also, gyp⋅per  [jip-er] , gypster. a swindler or cheat.
4. Also called gypsy. an owner of racehorses who also acts as trainer and jockey.
Also, gip.

Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; back formation from Gypsy
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Gyp·sy also Gip·sy   (jĭp'sē)   
n.   pl. Gyp·sies also Gip·sies

  1. A member of a people that arrived in Europe in migrations from northern India around the 14th century, now also living in North America and Australia. Many Gypsy groups have preserved elements of their traditional culture, including an itinerant existence and the Romany language.

  2. See Romany.

  3. gypsy One inclined to a nomadic, unconventional way of life.

  4. A person who moves from place to place as required for employment, especially:

    1. A part-time or temporary member of a college faculty.

    2. A member of the chorus line in a theater production.


[Alteration of Middle English gypcian, short for Egipcien, Egyptian (so called because Gypsies were thought to have come from Egypt).]
Rom·a·ny or Rom·a·ni   (rŏm'ə-nē, rō'mə-, rä'mə-)   
n.   pl. Romany or Rom·a·nies also Romani or Rom·a·nis

  1. A Gypsy.

  2. The Indic language of the Gypsies. Also called Gypsy.

adj.  Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture.

[Romany romani, feminine of romano, gypsy, from rom, man, from Prakrit ḍoma, man of a low caste, of Dravidian origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

gyp 
"to cheat, swindle," 1889, Amer.Eng., probably short for Gypsy.

Gypsy 
1600, alteration of gypcian, a worn-down M.E. dial. form of egypcien "Egyptian," from the supposed origin of these people. Cognate with Sp. Gitano and close in sense to Turk. and Arabic Kipti "gypsy," lit. "Coptic;" but in M.Fr. they were Bohémien (see bohemian), and in Sp. also Flamenco "from Flanders." "The gipsies seem doomed to be associated with countries with which they have nothing to do" [Weekley]. Zingari, the It. and Ger. name, is of unknown origin. Romany is from the people's own language, a pl. adj. form of rom "man." Gipsy is the prefered spelling in England.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

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].

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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