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get gay

get gay verb: to be flippant or impertinent toward someone; to flirt with someone; to make (unwanted) sexual advances [(often) with with ‘someone’].

Verb

get gay (third-person singular simple present gets gay, present participle getting gay, simple past got gay, past participle (UK) got gay or (US) gotten gay)

  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 of get gay

third-person singular presentgets gay
present participlegetting gay
pastgot gay
past participle UKgot gay
past participle USgotten gay

Questions about get gay

What does get gay mean?
Get gay means to be flippant or impertinent toward someone; to flirt with someone; to make (unwanted) sexual advances [(often) with with ‘someone’].
What part of speech is get gay?
Get gay is a verb.
What is the past tense of get gay?
The past tense of get gay is got gay.

Words near get gay in the dictionary

  1. get eyes on
  2. get freaky
  3. get fresh
  4. get from a Cracker Jack box
  5. get fucked
  6. get gay
  7. get glad in the same britches one got mad in
  8. get glad in the same pants one got mad in
  9. get going
  10. get got
  11. get gray hair from

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