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gay married

gay married is the simple past and past participle of gay marry.

Meaning of gay marry

Verb

gay marry (third-person singular simple present gay marries, present participle gay marrying, simple past and past participle gay married)

  1. (nonstandard, transitive) To marry (a person of the same sex).
    • Heartache schmartache, I don't want to gay-marry you, oh sizzling Sapphite.2009, anonymous author, Missed Connection with Every Lesbian Girl I've Ever Swooned Over - m4w
  2. (intransitive) To marry a person of the same sex.
    • First, sex doesn't hover cutely over the ceremony, because everyone assumes gay-marrying types are the least-sexual gay people.2004, Greg Wharton, Ian Philips, I Do/I Don't: Queers on Marriage, page 219
  3. (transitive) To unite in a gay marriage; to unite in marriage to someone of the same sex.
    • Schwarzenegger Basically Admits He's A Democrat
      Clearly the governor is angling for an administration job, which he'll accept once he's finished gay marrying the entire state of California.

Questions about gay married

What is gay married the simple past and past participle of?
Gay married is the simple past and past participle of gay marry.

Words near gay married in the dictionary

  1. gay lady
  2. gay liberation
  3. gay man
  4. gay marriage
  5. gay marriages
  6. gay married
  7. gay marries
  8. gay marry
  9. gay marrying
  10. gay men
  11. gay neighborhood

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