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de-gay

de-gay verb: to cause (an issue, especially AIDS) to no longer be associated with gay people.

Verb

de-gay (third-person singular simple present de-gays, present participle de-gaying, simple past and past participle de-gayed)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) To cause (an issue, especially AIDS) to no longer be associated with gay people.

Forms of de-gay

third-person singular presentde-gays
present participlede-gaying
past participlede-gayed
pastde-gayed

Origin of de-gay

From de- + gay.

Questions about de-gay

What does de-gay mean?
De-gay means to cause (an issue, especially AIDS) to no longer be associated with gay people.
What part of speech is de-gay?
De-gay is a verb.
What is the past tense of de-gay?
The past tense of de-gay is de-gayed.

Words near de-gay in the dictionary

  1. de-facto
  2. de-fluorinate
  3. de-fluorinated
  4. de-fluorinates
  5. de-fluorinating
  6. de-gay
  7. de-gayed
  8. de-gaying
  9. de-gays
  10. de-gear
  11. de-geared

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