gurl
UK/ɡɜːl/US/ɡɝl/
gurl noun: term of address between cis gay men, transgender women, or drag queens. Also the alternative form of girl.
Noun
gurl (plural gurls)
- Term of address between cis gay men, transgender women, or drag queens.
- A trans girl or woman.
- For example, “queer” would include self-identified lesbians and gays who also have sex with the “opposite sex,” sexual practices and relationships that include kink, s/m, polyamory, and pansexuality, gender play and fuck including femmes and those feminine of center, butches and those masculine of...2016, Cindy I-Fen Cheng, The Routledge Handbook of Asian American Studies
Verb
gurl (third-person singular simple present gurls, present participle gurling, simple past and past participle gurled)
- To growl or snarl.
- The poor little doctor, thus rudely and suddenly aroused from his tipsy sleep, looked excessively bewildered when he opened his eyes, and met the glare of ferocious delight that Darby Kelleher cast upon him, and he gurled out, “What's the matter?” as well as the grip of Darby's hand upon his throat...1834, Samuel Lover, Legends and Stories of Ireland
- “Weel may ye mind, yon night sae black, Whan fearfu' winds loud gurled, And mony a lum dang down—and stack, Heigh i' the air up swirled, Alangst yon brae, ye clam, and stack,1845, Alexander Wilson, Poetical Works: With an Extended Memoir of His Life and Writings
Also used as
gurl is also the alternative form of girl.
Forms of gurl
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gurls |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | gurls |
| present participle | gurling |
| past participle | gurled |
| past | gurled |
Origin of gurl
Variant spelling of girl.
Inherited from Middle English gurlen (“to growl, rumble”).
Words formed from gurl
Words that rhyme with gurl
Questions about gurl
- What does gurl mean?
- Gurl means term of address between cis gay men, transgender women, or drag queens.
- What part of speech is gurl?
- Gurl can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce gurl?
- Gurl is pronounced /ɡɝl/ (US).
- What is the plural of gurl?
- The plural of gurl is gurls.
Words near gurl in the dictionary
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