perv
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 4
/pɜːv/
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/pɜːv/ · /pɝv/
Definition of perv
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(slang)A pervert.
“It is hoped that you will get at least a taste of kinky practices throughout the ages and come to the understanding that today’s kinky crowd is but the latest in a line of pervs stretching back to the dawn of mankind itself.”
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noun
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(slang)A pervert.
“It is hoped that you will get at least a taste of kinky practices throughout the ages and come to the understanding that today’s kinky crowd is but the latest in a line of pervs stretching back to the dawn of mankind itself.”
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(Australia, UK, slang)An ogle; an act of leering or voyeurism.
“After the next ball had been bowled the blokes' heads would turn around unobtrusively to have a perv at a bird in a mini-skirt...”
“It transpires that whilst Trev and Boz (me) slowed down to 'take a perv' at the blonde, she too used to keep an eye out for me.”
“She had a bit of a perv over my body when I was working out…”
“Was she bursting in for a quick perv? Was she genuinely concerned that I might have soiled the bathwater by not first washing? Was she worried I might have drowned in the bath?”
- (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of porcine endogenous retrovirus.
verb
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(intransitive, slang, usually)To act in a sexually perverted manner.
“God, could you stop perving out over my sister? She's literally 14.”
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(intransitive, slang, specifically, usually, with-on)To act in a sexually perverted manner.
“The soccer coach perved on one of the players as he undressed in the change room.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Clipping of pervert.
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