Disposed to or excited with merriment or delight; demonstratively cheerful; merry; jovial; sportive; frolicsome. Such as to excite or indicate mirth or pleasure; hence, cheering; enlivening. Bright or lively, especially in color; gaudy; showy: as, a gay dress; a gay flower. Richly or showily dressed; adorned with fine clothing; highly ornamented. Given to pleasure; lively; in a bad sense, given to vicious pleasure; loose; dissipated. Pretty long; considerable: as, a gay while. Anything showily fine or ornamental; a gaud. A gay lady; a beautiful lady. A print or lesbian picture. The noon or morning, as the brighter part of the day. Pretty; moderately: as, gay gude. A small rut in a path. GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry. Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed. Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. Sexually promiscuous (of either gender). Upright or curved over the back. The name of the letter ⟨-⟩, which stands for the sound IPA: /ɡ/, in Pitman shorthand. WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.