Defn of gay_1 adjective Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictnary. Meang, pronunciatn, picture, example sentenc, grammar, age not, synonyms and more.
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GAY
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(of people, pecially men) sexually attracted to people of the same sex synonym homosexualgay menI didn't know he was she gay? He is openly gay. Oppose straightTopics People societyb2Oxford Collotns Dictnaryverbsbelooksound…adverbopenlyphrasgay and lbianSee full entry.
[only before noun] nnected wh people who are gaya gay club/barthe lbian and gay munythe gay and lbian sectn the bookstoreOxford Collotns Dictnaryverbsbelooksound…adverbopenlyphrasgay and lbianSee full entry. [not before noun] (slang, disapprovg, offensive) (ed pecially by young people) an offensive way to scribe somethg you fd borg, stupid or not attractive (parative gayer, superlative gayt) (old-fashned) happy and full of fungay lghterShe felt lighthearted and gay. (old-fashned) brightly louredThe garn was gay wh red geraniums.
See also gaiety, gailyWord OrigMiddle English ( sense (4)): om Old French gai, of unknown whout thkg about the rults or effects of a particular actn See gay the Oxford Advanced Amerin DictnarySee gay the Oxford Learner's Dictnary of Amic EnglishCheck pronunciatn:. gay. An adjective meang cheerful or reee that acquired an associatn wh loose morals and sexual licentns the 19th century, and approximately the 1940s me to e among members of the homosexual muny to scribe male homosexualy.
GAY (HOMOSEXUAL) AND GAY (HAPPY)
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gay adj. adjectiveNAmE//ɡeɪ//jump to other rults1(of people, pecially men) sexually attracted to people of the same sex synonym homosexual gay men I didn't know he was gay.