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perv en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /pɝv/ (General-American)
  • /pɜːv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Clipping of pervert.

Meanings

  1. (slang) A pervert.
    • It is hoped that you will get at least a taste of kinky practices throughout the ages and come to the understanding that today’s kinky crowd is but the latest in a line of pervs stretching back to the dawn of mankind itself. 2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 51:
  2. (Australia, UK, slang) An ogle; an act of leering or voyeurism.
    • It transpires that whilst Trev and Boz (me) slowed down to 'take a perv' at the blonde, she too used to keep an eye out for me. 1994, Paul Collins, The Government in Exile and Other Stories:
    • Was she bursting in for a quick perv? Was she genuinely concerned that I might have soiled the bathwater by not first washing? Was she worried I might have drowned in the bath? 2019 August 2, Max Value, Sayonara Japan, Lulu.com, →ISBN:
    • After the next ball had been bowled the blokes' heads would turn around unobtrusively to have a perv at a bird in a mini-skirt... 1974 10, The Bulletin:
    • She had a bit of a perv over my body when I was working out… 2014 December 16, “Jake Quickenden: ‘Edwina Curry had a perv over my body’”, in Heat:

Forms

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perve alternative lexicographic
pervs Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

normophile

Deriveds

pervette · pervy · perv row · pervery

Translations (6)

sv snuskhummer (pervert) · sv pervo (pervert) · cmn 色狼 (pervert) · fi pervo (pervert) · hu perverz (pervert) · de Perversling (pervert)

perv en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /pɝv/ (General-American)
  • /pɜːv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Clipping of pervert.

Meanings

  1. (as a phrasal verb, intransitive, slang, usually) To act in a sexually perverted manner.
    • God, could you stop perving out over my sister? She's literally 14.
  2. (as a phrasal verb, intransitive, slang, specifically, usually, with-on) To act in a sexually perverted manner. ▸ To look at lasciviously or voyeuristically.
    • The soccer coach perved on one of the players as he undressed in the change room.

Forms

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pervs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
perved Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
perved Tense=Past lexicographic
perving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
perve alternative lexicographic

Translations (2)

fi pervoilla (stare at others in a perverted manner) · cmn 色迷迷地看 (stare at others in a perverted manner)