gay marry

verb

To marry (a person of the same sex).

“Schwarzenegger Basically Admits He's A Democrat Clearly the governor is angling for an administration job, which he'll accept once he's finished gay marrying the entire state of California.”

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Meanings

verbgay marry (third-person singular simple present gay marries, present participle gay marrying, simple past and past participle gay married)

present singular third person gay marries · participle present gay marrying · participle past gay married · past gay married · alternative gay-marry

  1. nonstandardtransitiveTo marry (a person of the same sex).

    Heartache schmartache, I don't want to gay-marry you, oh sizzling Sapphite.

    2009, anonymous author, Missed Connection with Every Lesbian Girl I've Ever Swooned Over - m4w
  2. intransitiveTo marry a person of the same sex.

    First, sex doesn't hover cutely over the ceremony, because everyone assumes gay-marrying types are the least-sexual gay people.

    2004, Greg Wharton, Ian Philips, I Do/I Don't: Queers on Marriage, page 219
  3. transitiveTo unite in a gay marriage; to unite in marriage to someone of the same sex.

    Schwarzenegger Basically Admits He's A Democrat Clearly the governor is angling for an administration job, which he'll accept once he's finished gay marrying the entire state of California.

Origin

Back-formation from gay marriage.

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APA

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“gay marry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gay%20marry. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gay marry,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gay%20marry.

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