perv

perv [purv] ExamplesWord Origin noun Slang.

1. a sexual pervert.

Origin of perv First recorded in 1940–45; shortened form Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for perv Contemporary Examples of perv

That and other provocative questions about human sexuality are raised by Jesse Bering in his new book, Perv.

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October 18, 2013

Consider seeing yourself branded a PERV POL and WEASEL in your local papers day after day.

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But the uproar over “The Prince and The Perv”—as the British headlines screamed—mysteriously drowned in the Mid-Atlantic.

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British Dictionary definitions for perv perv noun

1. a pervert
2. Australian an erotic glance or look

verb Also: perve (intr)

3. Australian to give a person an erotic look

See also perv on Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for perv n,

also perve, 1944, slang shortening of (sexual) pervert (n.). As a slang verb, by 1941 as “to act erotically” (intransitive), by 1959 as “to eroticize” something (transitive).

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