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de-gays

de-gays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of de-gay.

Meaning of de-gay

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.

Questions about de-gays

What is de-gays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
De-gays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of de-gay.

Words near de-gays in the dictionary

  1. de-fluorinates
  2. de-fluorinating
  3. de-gay
  4. de-gayed
  5. de-gaying
  6. de-gays
  7. de-gear
  8. de-geared
  9. de-gearing
  10. de-gears
  11. de-Google

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Adapted from Wiktionary: de-gays (page history and authors); de-gay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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