gay (English, adj)
expansion: gay (comparative gayer, superlative gayest)
Senses:
glosses: Homosexual:
Possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: Homosexual:
Describing a homosexual man.
qualifier: strictly
glosses: Homosexual:
Tending to partner or mate with other individuals of the same sex.
tags: broadly
raw_tags: of an animal
glosses: Homosexual:
Between two or more persons perceived to be of the same sex or gender as each other.
raw_tags: of a romantic or sexual act or relationship
glosses: Homosexual:
Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
tags: colloquial
glosses: Homosexual:
Intended for gay people, especially gay men.
raw_tags: of an institution or group
glosses: Homosexual:
Homosexually in love with someone.
tags: slang
raw_tags: with for
glosses: Homosexual:
Infatuated with something, aligning with homosexual stereotypes.
tags: humorous
slang
raw_tags: with for
glosses: Homosexual:
In accordance with stereotypes of homosexual people:
Being in accordance with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
tags: broadly
raw_tags: of appearance or behavior
glosses: Homosexual:
In accordance with stereotypes of homosexual people:
Exhibiting appearance or behavior that accords with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
qualifier: especially a man
tags: broadly
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: Effeminate or flamboyant in behavior.
tags: derogatory
pejorative
slang
glosses: Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid, burdensome, contemptible, generally bad.
tags: derogatory
pejorative
slang
glosses: Happy, joyful, and lively.
tags: dated
glosses: Quick, fast.
tags: dated
glosses: Festive, bright, or colourful.
tags: dated
glosses: Sexually promiscuous (of any gender), (sometimes particularly) engaged in prostitution.
tags: obsolete
glosses: Upright or curved over the back.
raw_tags: of a dog's tail
glosses: Considerable, great, large in number, size, or degree. In this sense, also in the variant gey.
tags: Northern-England
Scotland
obsolete
possibly
Forms:
form: gayer
tags: comparative
form: gayest
tags: superlative