Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word GAY

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Definitions of GAY

1. Homosexual:
2. The letter —, which stands for the sound , in Pitman shorthand.
3. A pejorative:
4. A English surname from nicknames, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
5. A female given name from English from the word gay, "joyful"; rare today.
6. A male given name from English. Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname.
7. (dated) Happy, joyful, and lively.
8. (dated) Quick, fast.
9. (dated) Festive, bright, or colourful.
10. (obsolete) Sexually promiscuous (of any gender), (sometimes particularly) engaged in prostitution.
11. (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
12. (Scotland, Northern England, possibly, obsolete) Considerable, great, large in number, size, or degree. In this sense, also in the variant gey.
13. (nowchiefly, in plural) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual.
14. (dialectal, obsolete) Something which is bright or colorful, such as a picture or a flower.
15. (obsolete) An ornament, a knick-knack.
16. (transitive, dated, uncommon) To make happy or cheerful. [since at least the 1920s]
17. (transitive, uncommon) To cause (something, e.g. AIDS) to be associated with homosexual people. [popularized in the 1990s]
18. (Scotland, Northern England) Considerably, very.

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