Disposed to or excited with merriment or delight; demonstratively cheerful; merry; jovial; sportive; frolicsome.Such as to excite or indicate mirth or pleasure; hence, cheering; enlivening.Bright or lively, especially in color; gaudy; showy: as, a gay dress; a gay flower.Richly or showily dressed; adorned with fine clothing; highly ornamented.Given to pleasure; lively; in a bad sense, given to vicious pleasure; loose; dissipated.Quick; fast. [Prov. Eng.]Pretty long; considerable: as, a gay while. Compare gay, adv. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.]Bright, brilliant, dashing.n. Anything showily fine or ornamental; a gaud.n. A gay lady; a beautiful lady.n. A print or picture.n. The noon or morning, as the brighter part of the day.Pretty; moderately: as, gay gude.n. A small rut in a path. [Prov. Eng.]