| gay | |
| 1. adj. (dated, possibly, archaic) Happy, joyful, and lively. | |
| The Gay Science | |
| 2. adj. (dated, possibly, archaic) Festive, bright, or colourful. | |
| Pennsylvania Dutch include the plain folk and the gay folk. | |
| 3. adj. (obsolete) Sexually promiscuous (of any gender). | |
| 4. adj. Homosexual: | |
| 5. adj. (of a person or animal) Possessing sexual and/or emotional attraction towards members of the same gender or non-anti-gender area. | |
| Gay marriage, though legal here, is still very controversial. | |
| gay sex | |
| gay acts | |
| 6. adj. (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Being between two or more people of the same gender or the same gender-area, especially between two men. | |
| Although the number of gay weddings has increased significantly, many gay and lesbian couples — like many straight couples — are not interested i | |
| 7. adj. (of an institution or group) Intended for gay people, especially gay men. | |
| She professes an undying love for gay bars and gay movies, and even admits to having watched gay porn. | |
| 8. adj. In accordance with stereotypes of homosexual people: | |
| 9. adj. # (loosely, of appearance or behavior) Being in accordance with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men. | |
| 10. adj. # (loosely, of a person, especially a man) Exhibiting appearance or behavior that accords with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men. | |
| 11. adj. A pejorative: | |
| 12. adj. (slang) Effeminate or flamboyant in behavior. | |
| 13. adj. (slang) Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid. | |
| This game is gay; let’s play a different one. | |
| 14. adj. (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back. | |
| 15. n. (chiefly in plural or attributive) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian. | |
| 16. n. (obsolete) An ornament. | |
| 17. v. (transitive, dated, uncommon) To make happy or cheerful. | |
| 18. v. (transitive, uncommon) To cause (something, e.g. AIDS) to be associated with homosexual people. | |
| 19. n. The letter —, which stands for the sound 'ɡ', in Pitman shorthand. | |
