See perv in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "normophile"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pervery"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pervette"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "perv row"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pervy"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pervert"
},
"expansion": "Clipping of pervert",
"name": "clipping"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Clipping of pervert.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pervs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "perve",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "perv (plural pervs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 34 12 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 34 12 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 29 10 36",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A pervert."
],
"id": "en-perv-en-noun-ngZIrVI8",
"links": [
[
"pervert",
"pervert"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) A pervert."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "sèláng",
"sense": "pervert",
"word": "色狼"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "pervert",
"word": "pervo"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "pervert",
"word": "Perversling"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "pervert",
"word": "perverz"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "pervert",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pervo"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "pervert",
"word": "snuskhummer"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Australian English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "British English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "9 39 7 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 34 12 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 34 12 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 29 10 36",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 45 10 35",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
96,
100
]
],
"ref": "1974 10, The Bulletin:",
"text": "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...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
67,
71
]
],
"ref": "1994, Paul Collins, The Government in Exile and Other Stories:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
19,
23
]
],
"ref": "2014 December 16, “Jake Quickenden: ‘Edwina Curry had a perv over my body’”, in Heat:",
"text": "She had a bit of a perv over my body when I was working out…",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
32,
36
]
],
"ref": "2019 August 2, Max Value, Sayonara Japan, Lulu.com, →ISBN:",
"text": "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?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An ogle; an act of leering or voyeurism."
],
"id": "en-perv-en-noun-sC0eg9dF",
"links": [
[
"ogle",
"ogle"
],
[
"leering",
"leering"
],
[
"voyeurism",
"voyeurism"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, Australia, slang) An ogle; an act of leering or voyeurism."
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"UK",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɜːv/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɝv/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-au-perv.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/En-au-perv.ogg/En-au-perv.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/En-au-perv.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)v"
}
],
"word": "perv"
}
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pervert"
},
"expansion": "Clipping of pervert",
"name": "clipping"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Clipping of pervert.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pervs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "perving",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "perved",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "perved",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "perve",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "perv (third-person singular simple present pervs, present participle perving, simple past and past participle perved)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 34 12 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 34 12 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 29 10 36",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
20,
27
]
],
"text": "God, could you stop perving out over my sister? She's literally 14.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To act in a sexually perverted manner."
],
"id": "en-perv-en-verb-BaLV1yO2",
"links": [
[
"phrasal verb",
"phrasal verb"
],
[
"perverted",
"perverted"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, usually as a phrasal verb) To act in a sexually perverted manner."
],
"raw_tags": [
"as a phrasal verb"
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"usually"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "9 39 7 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 31 14 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 25 9 58",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 34 6 53",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 34 12 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 34 12 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 29 10 36",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 34 12 44",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
17,
23
]
],
"text": "The soccer coach perved on one of the players as he undressed in the change room.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To act in a sexually perverted manner.",
"To look at lasciviously or voyeuristically."
],
"id": "en-perv-en-verb-ayzkMVQH",
"links": [
[
"phrasal verb",
"phrasal verb"
],
[
"perverted",
"perverted"
],
[
"on",
"on"
],
[
"lasciviously",
"lasciviously"
],
[
"voyeuristically",
"voyeuristically"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, usually as a phrasal verb) To act in a sexually perverted manner.",
"(specifically, with on) To look at lasciviously or voyeuristically."
],
"raw_tags": [
"as a phrasal verb"
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"specifically",
"usually",
"with-on"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɜːv/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɝv/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-au-perv.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/En-au-perv.ogg/En-au-perv.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/En-au-perv.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)v"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "sèmímí de kàn",
"sense": "stare at others in a perverted manner",
"word": "色迷迷地看"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "stare at others in a perverted manner",
"word": "pervoilla"
}
],
"word": "perv"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "normophile"
}
],
"categories": [
"English clippings",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)v",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)v/1 syllable",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"en:People"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "pervery"
},
{
"word": "pervette"
},
{
"word": "perv row"
},
{
"word": "pervy"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pervert"
},
"expansion": "Clipping of pervert",
"name": "clipping"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Clipping of pervert.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pervs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "perve",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "perv (plural pervs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English slang"
],
"glosses": [
"A pervert."
],
"links": [
[
"pervert",
"pervert"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) A pervert."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Australian English",
"British English",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
96,
100
]
],
"ref": "1974 10, The Bulletin:",
"text": "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...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
67,
71
]
],
"ref": "1994, Paul Collins, The Government in Exile and Other Stories:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
19,
23
]
],
"ref": "2014 December 16, “Jake Quickenden: ‘Edwina Curry had a perv over my body’”, in Heat:",
"text": "She had a bit of a perv over my body when I was working out…",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
32,
36
]
],
"ref": "2019 August 2, Max Value, Sayonara Japan, Lulu.com, →ISBN:",
"text": "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?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An ogle; an act of leering or voyeurism."
],
"links": [
[
"ogle",
"ogle"
],
[
"leering",
"leering"
],
[
"voyeurism",
"voyeurism"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, Australia, slang) An ogle; an act of leering or voyeurism."
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"UK",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɜːv/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɝv/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-au-perv.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/En-au-perv.ogg/En-au-perv.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/En-au-perv.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)v"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "sèláng",
"sense": "pervert",
"word": "色狼"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "pervert",
"word": "pervo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "pervert",
"word": "Perversling"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "pervert",
"word": "perverz"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "pervert",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pervo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "pervert",
"word": "snuskhummer"
}
],
"word": "perv"
}
{
"categories": [
"English clippings",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)v",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)v/1 syllable",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"en:People"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pervert"
},
"expansion": "Clipping of pervert",
"name": "clipping"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Clipping of pervert.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pervs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "perving",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "perved",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "perved",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "perve",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "perv (third-person singular simple present pervs, present participle perving, simple past and past participle perved)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
20,
27
]
],
"text": "God, could you stop perving out over my sister? She's literally 14.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To act in a sexually perverted manner."
],
"links": [
[
"phrasal verb",
"phrasal verb"
],
[
"perverted",
"perverted"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, usually as a phrasal verb) To act in a sexually perverted manner."
],
"raw_tags": [
"as a phrasal verb"
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"usually"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
17,
23
]
],
"text": "The soccer coach perved on one of the players as he undressed in the change room.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To act in a sexually perverted manner.",
"To look at lasciviously or voyeuristically."
],
"links": [
[
"phrasal verb",
"phrasal verb"
],
[
"perverted",
"perverted"
],
[
"on",
"on"
],
[
"lasciviously",
"lasciviously"
],
[
"voyeuristically",
"voyeuristically"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, usually as a phrasal verb) To act in a sexually perverted manner.",
"(specifically, with on) To look at lasciviously or voyeuristically."
],
"raw_tags": [
"as a phrasal verb"
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"specifically",
"usually",
"with-on"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɜːv/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɝv/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-au-perv.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/En-au-perv.ogg/En-au-perv.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/En-au-perv.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)v"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "sèmímí de kàn",
"sense": "stare at others in a perverted manner",
"word": "色迷迷地看"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "stare at others in a perverted manner",
"word": "pervoilla"
}
],
"word": "perv"
}
Download raw JSONL data for perv meaning in English (6.6kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.