An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
A unisex given name from English.
Homosexual:
Cliff is gay, but his twin brother is straight.
Effeminate or flamboyant in behavior.
A homosexual, especially a male homosexual.
[headline] N.Y. Gays: Will the Spark Die?
Gayness: the quality of being gay.
Anti-gay persecution holds that you can pray the gay out of a person, or scare it out of them, or cajole it out of them.
To make happy or cheerful.
SAYING GOOD-BYE (song) WE are always saying / "Good-bye, good-bye! / In work, in playing, / In gloom, in gaying […]
To cause (something, e.g. AIDS) to be associated with homosexual people.
Considerably, very.
And, tho' his guts ware lank and toom, / They're twice as big's this gay big room.
From Middle English gay, from Old French gai (“joyful, laughing, merry”), usually thought to be a borrowing of Old Occitan gai (“impetuous, lively”), from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”), ...
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Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid, burdensome, contemptible, generally bad.
This game is gay; let’s play a different one.
The letter —, which stands for the sound /ɡ/, in Pitman shorthand.