'Gay' definitions:
Definition of 'gay'
From: WordNet
adjective
Bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile" [syn: cheery, gay, sunny]
adjective
Full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful]
adjective
Given to social pleasures often including dissipation; "led a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies"
adjective
Brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage" [syn: brave, braw, gay]
adjective
Offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: gay, festal, festive, merry]
adjective
Homosexual or arousing homosexual desires [syn: gay, queer, homophile(a)]
noun
Someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex [syn: homosexual, homophile, homo, gay]
Definition of 'Gay'
From: GCIDE
- Gay \Gay\ (g[=a]), a. [Compar. Gayer; superl. Gayest.] [F. gai, perhaps fr. OHG. g?hi swift, rapid, G. g[aum]h, j[aum]h, steep, hasty; or cf. OHG. w?hi beatiful, good. Cf. Jay.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry. [1913 Webster]
- Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed. [1913 Webster]
- Why is my neighbor's wife so gay? --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- A bevy of fair women, richly gay In gems and wanton dress! --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Loose; dissipated; lewd. [Colloq.]
- Syn: Merry; gleeful; blithe; airy; lively; sprightly, sportive; light-hearted; frolicsome; jolly; jovial; joyous; joyful; glad; showy; splendid; vivacious. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gay'
From: GCIDE
- Gay \Gay\, n. An ornament [Obs.] --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gay'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- AC-DC,
- addled,
- alert,
- amphierotic,
- animate,
- animated,
- antic,
- autoerotic,
- beaming,
- beatific,
- beatified,
- beery,
- bemused,
- besotted,
- bisexed,
- bisexual,
- blessed,
- blind drunk,
- blissful,
- blithe,
- blithesome,
- boon,
- brash,
- brave,
- bravura,
- braw,
- bright,
- bright-hued,
- brilliant,
- bubbling,
- bubbly,
- buoyant,
- burning,
- butch,
- cant,
- capering,
- capersome,
- carefree,
- cheerful,
- chichi,
- chipper,
- chirping,
- colorful,
- colory,
- coltish,
- confident,
- convivial,
- crapulent,
- crapulous,
- dancing,
- daring,
- dashing,
- debauched,
- debonair,
- deep-colored,
- deviant,
- devil-may-care,
- dissipated,
- dissolute,
- dizzy,
- drenched,
- dressy,
- drunk,
- drunken,
- effeminate,
- effervescent,
- exhibitionistic,
- exotic,
- exuberant,
- far-gone,
- fast,
- festal,
- festive,
- flashing,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- flushed with joy,
- flustered,
- forward,
- fou,
- free,
- free and easy,
- frilly,
- frisky,
- frolicsome,
- frothy,
- full,
- full of beans,
- gala,
- gallant,
- gamesome,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- gay-colored,
- giddy,
- glad,
- gladsome,
- gleeful,
- glittering,
- glorious,
- glowing,
- gorgeous,
- hail-fellow-well-met,
- happy,
- hearty,
- high-colored,
- high-spirited,
- hilarious,
- homoerotic,
- homophile,
- homosexual,
- in liquor,
- inebriate,
- inebriated,
- inebrious,
- intense,
- intoxicated,
- inverted,
- jaunty,
- jazzy,
- jocund,
- jolly,
- jovial,
- joyful,
- joyous,
- jubilant,
- keen,
- laughing,
- leaping,
- lesbian,
- licentious,
- light-hearted,
- lighthearted,
- lively,
- mannish,
- many-colored,
- maudlin,
- mellow,
- merry,
- merrymaking,
- mirthful,
- muddled,
- nappy,
- on the loose,
- overweening,
- perverted,
- playful,
- presuming,
- profligate,
- purring,
- pushful,
- pushy,
- queer,
- radiant,
- raffish,
- rakehell,
- rakehellish,
- rakehelly,
- rakish,
- reeling,
- rich,
- rich-colored,
- rollicking,
- rollicksome,
- rompish,
- sapphic,
- self-assertive,
- shikker,
- showy,
- singing,
- skittish,
- smiling,
- smirking,
- snazzy,
- sodden,
- sotted,
- sparkling,
- spirited,
- splashy,
- splurgy,
- sportive,
- sporty,
- sprightly,
- starry-eyed,
- thrice happy,
- tiddly,
- tipsy,
- transvestite,
- tribadistic,
- unbridled,
- under the influence,
- vital,
- vivacious,
- vivid,
- wild,
- zestful,
- zippy
Gay, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Gay, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
Population (2000) :
149
Housing Units (2000) :
69
Land area (2000) :
0.860788 sq. miles (2.229431 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.860788 sq. miles (2.229431 sq. km)
FIPS code :
32384
Located within :
Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location :
33.093797 N, 84.573924 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Gay'
- Gayness,
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- Gays Mills,
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- Mount Gay,
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- Fort Gay, WV,
- Gay Lussac's law,
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- Mount Gay, WV,
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