perv

See also: PERV

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Alternative forms

• perve

Etymology

Clipping of pervert.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɜːv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɝv/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v

Noun

perv (plural pervs)

1. (slang) A pervert.
2. (UK, Australia, slang) An ogle; an act of leering or voyeurism.
   • 1974 10, The Bulletin:

     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...

   • 1994, Paul Collins, The Government in Exile and Other Stories:

     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.

   • 2014 December 16, “Jake Quickenden: ‘Edwina Curry had a perv over my body’”, in Heat‎:

     She had a bit of a perv over my body when I was working out…

   • 2019 August 2, Max Value, Sayonara Japan, Lulu.com, →ISBN:

     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?

Antonyms

• normophile

Derived terms

• pervery
• pervette
• perv row
• pervy

Translations

pervert

Chinese: Mandarin: 色狼 (zh) (sèláng) Finnish: pervo (fi) German: Perversling Hungarian: perverz (hu) Swedish: pervo (sv) n, snuskhummer (sv)

Verb

perv (third-person singular simple present pervs, present participle perving, simple past and past participle perved)

1. (slang, usually as a phrasal verb) To act in a sexually perverted manner.

   God, could you stop perving out over my sister? She's literally 14.

   1. (specifically, with on) To look at lasciviously or voyeuristically.

      The soccer coach perved on one of the players as he undressed in the change room.

Translations

stare at others in a perverted manner

Chinese: Mandarin: 色迷迷地看 (sèmímí de kàn) Finnish: pervoilla (fi)

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