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πούστης — meaning in English

poustis

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English meaning

  • bender noun A prolonged period of heavy drinking.
  • camp noun A place with tents, cabins, or temporary shelters where people stay, especially outdoors.
  • Gay adj Homosexual; romantically or sexually attracted to people of the same sex.
  • queen noun A female monarch who rules a country, or the wife of a king.

Senses

πούστης is used for these senses in English:

  • bender (chiefly, UK, slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.
  • camp (of a, man) Ostentatiously effeminate.
  • gay (colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
  • queen (LGBT slang, sometimes, derogatory) A homosexual man, especially one regarded as effeminate.

bender — full definition

  1. noun A prolonged period of heavy drinking.
  2. noun A tool or machine used to bend material such as pipe or metal.

camp — full definition

  1. noun A place with tents, cabins, or temporary shelters where people stay, especially outdoors.
  2. noun A group activity or programme, often for children, focused on a particular skill or theme.
  3. noun A deliberately exaggerated, theatrical, or self-mocking style, especially in fashion or performance.
  4. adjective Exaggerated, theatrical, or flamboyantly over-the-top, often knowingly so.
  5. verb To stay temporarily in a tent or outdoor shelter.

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