Romani vs. Gypsy

of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture;

Example: ‘Romani nomads’; ‘Romany folk songs’; ‘a Gypsy fortune-teller’;

alternative form of Gypsy|nodot=1: a member of the Romani people.

(colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.

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). whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.}}

(dated) A person with a dark complexion.

(dated) A sly, roguish woman.

alternative form of Gypsy|nodot=1: of or belonging to the Romani people or one of it sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichel, etc).

(offensive) Of or having the qualities of an itinerant person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Romani people; making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.

Example: ‘If anyone questions them, they'll fold up faster than a gypsy roofing company.’;

(intransitive) To roam around the country like a gypsy.

To perform the gypsy step in contra dancing.

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.

Example: ‘Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose,Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.’;

The language used by the gypsies.

A dark-complexioned person.

A cunning or crafty person.

Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies.

To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods.

a member of a nomadic people originating in northern India and now living on all continents

the Indic language of the Gypsies