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US
/ˈɡeɪ/
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[ UK /ɡˈeɪ/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈeɪ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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given to social pleasures often including dissipation
led a gay Bohemian life
a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies -
offering fun and gaiety
gay and exciting night life
a festive (or festal) occasion
a merry evening -
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
when hearts were young and gay
jolly old Saint Nick
have a merry Christmas
peals of merry laughter
a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company
the jolly crowd at the reunion
a mirthful laugh
a jovial old gentleman -
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
a cheery hello
a gay sunny room
a sunny smile -
brightly colored and showy
`braw' is a Scottish word
girls decked out in brave new dresses
birds with gay plumage
a dress a bit too gay for her years
brave banners flying - homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
NOUN
- someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex
How To Use gay In A Sentence
- These are real people - people who still support the war, people who believe that women should be subservient to men, people who believe that gays should strive to be cured or remain celibate! MIND MELD: Is Science Fiction Antithetical to Religion?
- In fact - as a percentage of the population - there's basically a direct analogy between the number of gay tax-payers and the number of gay students.
- life that is gay, brisk, and debonair
- We're sitting in the middle of a gay pub, and - typically for a bunch of straight guys, I muse - they haven't twigged at all.
- Don't get gay in the presence of so many people.
- He has spent money with gay abandon.
- Assault and battery on an ederly woman is no worse than assaulting a gay woman, no? landshark Holder pushes hate crimes law; GOP unpersuaded
- Roger appeared with a plump stubborn Welsh pony, attached to a funny little cart which he gayly informed them was a "gingle. The Spanish Chest
- You cannot on one hand tell foks how good gayness is then in the same breath use gayness as an insult andhave any crediblity. Think Progress » Religious Right Seeks Unprecedented Constitutional Convention To Ban Gay Marriage Without Congress
- Also masculine females and feminine males - including butches and gay males considered to be ‘effeminate.’
