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perv

UK/pɜːv/US/pɝv/

perv noun: a pervert.

Noun (1)

perv (plural pervs)

  1. (slang) A pervert.
    • It is hoped that you will get at least a taste of kinky practices throughout the ages and come to the understanding that today’s kinky crowd is but the latest in a line of pervs stretching back to the dawn of mankind itself.2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 51
  2. (Australia, UK, slang) An ogle; an act of leering or voyeurism.
    • After the next ball had been bowled the blokes' heads would turn around unobtrusively to have a perv at a bird in a mini-skirt...1974 10, The Bulletin
    • It transpires that whilst Trev and Boz (me) slowed down to 'take a perv' at the blonde, she too used to keep an eye out for me.1994, Paul Collins, The Government in Exile and Other Stories

Verb

perv (third-person singular simple present pervs, present participle perving, simple past and past participle perved)

  1. (intransitive, slang, usually) To act in a sexually perverted manner.
    • God, could you stop perving out over my sister? She's literally 14.
    1. (intransitive, slang, specifically, usually, with-on) To look at lasciviously or voyeuristically.
      • The soccer coach perved on one of the players as he undressed in the change room.

Noun (2) capitalized: PERV

PERV (plural PERVs)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of porcine endogenous retrovirus.

Antonyms of perv

Forms of perv

Noun
pluralpervs
alternative formperve
pluralPERVs
Verb
third-person singular presentpervs
present participleperving
past participleperved
pastperved

Origin of perv

Clipping of pervert.

Words formed from perv

Words that rhyme with perv

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Questions about perv

What does perv mean?
Perv means a pervert.
What part of speech is perv?
Perv can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce perv?
Perv is pronounced /pɜːv/ (UK).
What is the plural of perv?
The plural of perv is pervs.

Words near perv in the dictionary

  1. peruvianolide
  2. Peruvians
  3. peruviol
  4. peruvoside
  5. Perušić
  6. perv
  7. perv row
  8. perv's row
  9. pervade
  10. pervaded
  11. pervadence

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