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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
- 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.’
- Liberal proponents of American Values praise the freedom that opens the floodgates to gay marriage and pornography; conservatives, the liberty unleashing that locust plague called unrestrained capitalism; neo-conservatives the license for lying, murderous Machtpolitik. Founding Fathers vs. Church Fathers