gey
Americanadverb
adverb
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
Hech, sirs, but they would need a gey rubbing to get the rust off them now.
From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
“Weel, a tasty stocky, but gey orra put on.”
From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
These Hielanders are awfu' prood; and he micht tak' it gey ill fro' ye!
From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various
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