get gay

verb

To be flippant or impertinent toward someone; to flirt with someone; to make (unwanted) sexual advances [(often) with with ‘someone’].

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Meanings

verbget gay (third-person singular simple present gets gay, present participle getting gay, simple past got gay, past participle (UK) got gay or (US) gotten gay)

present singular third person gets gay · participle present getting gay · past got gay · UK participle past got gay · US participle past gotten gay

  1. USdatedslangTo be flippant or impertinent toward someone; to flirt with someone; to make (unwanted) sexual advances [(often) with with ‘someone’].

    ‘An’ th’ dumblasted rascal hed to go an’ git gay wi’ June. Dick turned to an’ hammered seven hells out o’ his mug an’ hove him out on deck—’

    1930, Captain Dingle, “In Conclusion” (chapter 34), in Seaworthy, Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, page 274
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APA

get gay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20gay

MLA

“get gay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20gay. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get gay,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20gay.

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