a taxicab that is licensed only to pick up passengers on call by telephone, but that often illegally seeks passengers on the street.
Origin
1960-65, Americanism
Slang definitions & phrases for gypsy cab
gypsy cab
noun phrase
A taxicab operating without a taxi license or medallion, or with only a livery license that does not entitle it to pick up passengers on the street: the advent of the latest taxi competitor: the gypsy cab(1970s+)