gypsy
v.— «Gypsy (v.)—To sneak about. ex. “Why don’t you gypsy upstairs and find out what’s going on.”» —“I have shown him that a man without hope…is a man without fear…” by blackirishbloke in Suisin City, Calif. Another story to tell the bartender Oct. 14, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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