different between gypsy vs gorger

English

Alternative forms

• gipsy, gipsey, gypsey, gypsie (archaic)
• gyptian

Etymology

See Gypsy. The generic usage that refers to any itinerant person.

Compare bohemian, from Bohemia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???p.si/
• Rhymes: -?psi

Noun

gypsy (plural gypsies)

1. (sometimes offensive) Alternative form of Gypsy: a member of the Romani people.
2. (colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene 7,^[1]

     Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.

3. (sometimes offensive) 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.)
4. (theater) A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
5. (dated) A person with a dark complexion.
6. (dated) A sly, roguish woman.

Usage notes

See notes at Gypsy.

Synonyms

• (contra dancing): gyre, gyp, gip

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

gypsy (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of Gypsy: of or belonging to the Romani people.
2. (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.

Usage notes

See the notes about Gypsy.

Derived terms

Verb

gypsy (third-person singular simple present gypsies, present participle gypsying, simple past and past participle gypsied)

1. (intransitive) To roam around the country like a gypsy.
2. To perform the gypsy step in contra dancing.
   • 1992 April 7, [email protected], contra-gypsies, in rec.folk-dancing, Usenet:

     Look at the person you're gypsying with, and convey the message that you notice them as a person and that you're glad that they're there, […]

   • 1998, September 9, Jonathan Sivier, Contra Corners - followed by gypsy, in rec.folk-dancing, Usenet:

     The only one I know of is The Tease by Tom Hinds which starts with the actives gypsying and then swinging their neighbors and ends with contra […]

See also

References

• gypsy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology 1

gorge +? -er

Noun

gorger (plural gorgers)

1. One who gorges

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:glutton

Etymology 2

Compare gadje.

Noun

gorger (plural gorgers)

1. Someone who is not a Romani, Sinti, Gypsy, or Traveller
   • 2010, Margaret Greenfields and David Martin Smith, "Housed Gypsy Travellers, Social Segregation and the Reconstruction of Communities", published in Housing Studies volume 25, issue 3 p. 397, April 27, 2010

     "The majority of these young people were interrelated and a number were of 'mixed' Gypsy/gorger (non-Gypsy) ancestry."

Anagrams

• Gregor

French

Etymology

From gorge (“throat”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.?e/

Verb

gorger

1. to gorge oneself (eat greedily)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gorge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Derived terms

• se gorger

Further reading

• “gorger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).