gay marry

or gay-mar·ry

[ gey mar-ee, mer-ee ]

verb (used with object)

, gay mar·ried, gay mar·ry·ing.

1. to marry (a person of the same gender):

   Even that singer, who I think is beautiful and who I would gay marry in a heartbeat, can't pull this outfit off.

verb (used without object)

, gay mar·ried, gay mar·ry·ing.

1. to marry a person of the same gender:

   If you gay marry in Boston, this hotel is a great place to have a reception.

Other Words From

• gay mar·ried adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gay marry¹

First recorded in 2000–05

Example Sentences

“Republicans already think that caravans of immigrants from three different Mexicos are coming to steal their lake houses and gay marry their wedding cakes.”

From The Guardian

One thinks of earlier right-wing red phantasms, such as men marrying their pets, or of the Onion headline from 2004, “Massachusetts Supreme Court Orders All Citizens to Gay Marry.”

From The New Yorker

Trump could be caught on camera sport-shooting kittens and conservatives would eagerly believe that the evil liberal media is just making it up to fit their “agenda” of making everyone gay marry through the power of fundamentalist Islam.

From Salon

But as marriage equality becomes – to the dismay of dudes like Saxby Chambliss, who seems to think anybody would ever want to gay marry him — increasingly accepted and approved across the country, the opposition is digging in its heels even further.

From Salon

That’s why today, we’re asking newest Salon Sexy Man Steve Carell, will you gay marry us?

From Salon