<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>gayer, gayest.</li><li>of, relating to, or being a person who is sexually or romantically attracted to people of their own sex or gender: A gay couple strolled by on the boardwalk.</li><li>of, relating to, or being a person who is sexually or romantically attracted only to people of their own sex or gender: Gay and bisexual men are both discussed in this study.</li><li>of, indicating, or supporting interests or issues pertaining to gay people or the gay community: He gives charitable contributions to a gay organization.</li><li>Older Use: having or showing a merry, lively mood: gay music.</li><li>Older Use: bright or showy: gay ornaments.</li><li>Older Use: (used especially of women and especially in poetry) beautiful, lofty, noble, or excellent: The learned man hath got the lady gay.</li><li>excellent; topnotch: a gay and lofty mind.</li><li>Older Use: given to or abounding in social or other pleasures: the Gay Nineties.</li><li>Older Use: sexually unrestrained; having loose morals: In the 1930s movie, the baron is referred to as “a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies.”</li><li>Slang: Older Use: inappropriately forward or bold; overly familiar; reckless: George got gay at the Christmas party and suddenly swept his boss's wife onto the dance floor.</li><li>Slang: Disparaging and Offensive: awkward, stupid, or bad.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Usually Offensive: a person, especially a man, who is sexually or romantically attracted to people of the same sex or gender.</li><li>a person, especially a man, who is sexually or romantically attracted exclusively to people of the same sex or gender.</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>in a gay manner.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>