- (of people, especially men) sexually or romantically attracted to people of the same sex synonym homosexual
- gay men/women
- a gay actor/politician/activist
- She's gay.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- sound
- …
- openly
- gay and lesbian
- [only before noun] connected with people who are gay
- a gay club/bar
- the lesbian and gay community
- the gay and lesbian section in the bookstore
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- sound
- …
- openly
- gay and lesbian
- [not before noun] (slang, disapproving, offensive) (used especially by young people) an offensive way to describe something you find boring, stupid or not attractive
- (comparative gayer, superlative gayest)(old-fashioned) happy and full of fun
- gay laughter
- She felt lighthearted and gay.
- (old-fashioned) brightly coloured
- The garden was gay with red geraniums.
see also gaiety, gaily
Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (4)): from Old French gai, of unknown origin.
Idioms
See gay in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee gay in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishwith gay abandon
- without thinking about the results or effects of a particular action
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