how to pronounce gypsy

/ˈdʒɪpsiː/

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gypsy is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of gypsy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… it's like gypsy feel but some beautiful …”

meanings of gypsy

noun:

A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc).
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). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.).
A member of other nomadic peoples, not only of the Romani people; a traveller. Alternative spelling of gypsy.
A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
Alternative form of Gypsy: a member of the Romani people.
A person with a dark complexion.
An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
A sly, roguish woman.

adjective:

Alternative form of Gypsy: of or belonging to the Romani people.
Of or belonging to the Romani people or one of it sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichel, etc).
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.

verb:

To roam around the country like a gypsy.
To perform the gypsy step in contra dancing.

name:

The language Romani.
A female given name.

gypsy frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word gypsy occurs in english on average 8.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics gypsy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that gypsy can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;