"gay up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gays up [present, singular, third-person], gaying up [participle, present], gayed up [participle, past], gayed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} gay up (third-person singular simple present gays up, present participle gaying up, simple past and past participle gayed up)
  1. (colloquial, transitive) To make something more appealing to the gay community e.g. by adding gay characters to a soap opera. Tags: colloquial, transitive
    Sense id: en-gay_up-en-verb-2LfOGlf7 Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 57 43
  2. (colloquial, transitive) To give something gay characteristics. Tags: colloquial, transitive Categories (topical): LGBT Related terms: begay
    Sense id: en-gay_up-en-verb-I3d5jtuf Disambiguation of LGBT: 40 60 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 36 64

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