Gypsy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Gypsy	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Gypsy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gypsy n a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders" Synonym(s): itinerant, gypsy, gipsy a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America) Synonym(s): Gypsy, Gipsy, Romany, Rommany, Romani, Roma, Bohemian the Indic language of the Gypsies Synonym(s): Romany, Gypsy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gypsy \Gyp"sy\, [or] Gipsy moth \Gip"sy, moth\ . A tussock moth (Ocneria dispar) native of the Old World, but accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869, where its caterpillars have done great damage to fruit, shade, and forest trees of many kinds. The male gypsy moth is yellowish brown, the female white, and larger than the male. In both sexes the wings are marked by dark lines and a dark lunule. The caterpillars, when full-grown, have a grayish mottled appearance, with blue tubercles on the anterior and red tubercles on the posterior part of the body, all giving rise to long yellow and black hairs. They usually pupate in July and the moth appears in August. The eggs are laid on tree trunks, rocks, etc., and hatch in the spring.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gypsy \Gyp"sy\, n.; pl. {Gypsies}. [OE. Gypcyan, F. 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 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. {Bohemian}, {Romany}. Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. --Shak. 2. The language used by the gypsies. --Shak. 3. A dark-complexioned person. --Shak. 4. A cunning or crafty person [Collog.] --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gypsy \Gyp"sy\ a. Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gypsy \Gyp"sy\, v. i. To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods. Mostly. {Gyp"sy*ing}, vb. n.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Gypsy Specification and verification of {concurrent} systems software. {Message} passing using named {mailbox}es. 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].