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gey

American  
[gey] / geɪ /

adverb

  1. Scot. considerably; very.


gey British  
/ ɡaɪ, ɡəɪ /

adverb

  1. dialect (intensifier)

    it's gey cold

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of gey

First recorded in 1805–15; variant of gay

Example Sentences

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When the splash occurs, it will be a veritable gey ser, also six times as high as on earth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ballerinas jet up like natural gey sers in grandiose one-handed lifts, only to plummet a moment later in balletic kamikaze dives.

From Time Magazine Archive

They're gey kenspeckled," replied Mr. Buchanan; "but that doesna matter.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander

Eh, but it's a gey grand tocher is a pretty face.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel

These Hielanders are awfu' prood; and he micht tak' it gey ill fro' ye!

From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various