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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

get gay en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (US, dated, slang) To be flippant or impertinent toward someone; to flirt with someone; to make (unwanted) sexual advances [(often) with with ‘someone’].
    • ‘An’ th’ dumblasted rascal hed to go an’ git gay wi’ June. Dick turned to an’ hammered seven hells out o’ his mug an’ hove him out on deck—’ 1930, Captain Dingle, “In Conclusion” (chapter 34), in Seaworthy, Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, page 274:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gotten gay Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
got gay Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
got gay Tense=Past lexicographic
gets gay Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
getting gay Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic