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str8

str8 adjective: heterosexual, straight. Also the informal form of straight.

Adjective

str8 (comparative str8er, superlative str8est)

  1. (Internet, informal) Heterosexual, straight.
    • Whatever was guiding him took him to the Men-Seeking-Men personal ads: “Any str8 men bi-curious?”2014, Joe Kort, Is My Husband Gay, Straight or Bi?
    • I analyzed all of the 125 ads placed by str8 men “seeking same” from May through July of 2006.2015, Jane Ward, Not Gay

Also used as

str8 is also the informal form of straight.

Forms of str8

Adjective
comparativestr8er
superlativestr8est
Adverb
comparativemore str8
superlativemost str8
Noun
pluralstr8s

Questions about str8

What does str8 mean?
Str8 means heterosexual, straight.
What part of speech is str8?
Str8 is an adjective.

Words near str8 in the dictionary

  1. STPD
  2. stpd.
  3. STPs
  4. str
  5. str.
  6. str8
  7. str8er
  8. str8est
  9. str8n
  10. str8ned
  11. str8ning

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