perv
noun/pɜːv/
/pɜːrv/
(also perve)
(informal, offensive)- a pervert (= a person whose sexual behaviour you consider to be strange and not acceptable)
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- (Australian English, New Zealand English) a look at somebody/something that shows sexual interest in them or it, in an unpleasant way
Word Origin1940s: abbreviation of the noun pervert.
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