Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gay marry

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables: gay -mar-ry
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To marry (a person of the same sex).

Transitive verb

verb

To marry a person of the same sex.

Intransitive verb

verb

To unite in a gay marriage; to unite in marriage to someone of the same sex.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Heartache schmartache, I don't want to gay-marry you, oh sizzling Sapphite."
"First, sex doesn't hover cutely over the ceremony, because everyone assumes gay-marrying types are the least-sexual gay people."
"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."

Etymology

Back-formation from gay marriage.

Usage

Inflected Forms

gay marries (present, singular) gay marrying (participle, present) gay married (participle, past) gay married (past) gay-marry (alternative)

Questions

What does gay marry mean?: To marry (a person of the same sex).
Where does gay marry come from?: Back-formation from gay marriage.

How to pronounce gay marry

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