perv

noun, verb — 4 senses

perv

noun

UK /pɜːv/ · US /pɝv/

Etymology Clipping of pervert.

1

Slang A pervert.

  • It is hoped that you will get at least a taste of kinky practices throughout the ages and come to the understanding that today’s kinky crowd is but the latest in a line of pervs stretching back to the dawn of mankind itself.2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 51:
2

Australia, UK, Slang An ogle; an act of leering or voyeurism.

  • 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...1974 10, The Bulletin:
  • 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.1994, Paul Collins, The Government in Exile and Other Stories:
2 more examples
  • She had a bit of a perv over my body when I was working out…2014 December 16, “Jake Quickenden: ‘Edwina Curry had a perv over my body’”, in Heat:
  • 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?2019 August 2, Max Value, Sayonara Japan, Lulu.com, →ISBN:
Antonyms
normophile
Derived terms
pervery, pervette, perv row, pervy

perv

verb

Etymology Clipping of pervert.

1

Slang, Usually, As a phrasal verb To act in a sexually perverted manner.

  • God, could you stop perving out over my sister? She's literally 14.
2

Slang, Specifically, Usually, With on, As a phrasal verb To look at lasciviously or voyeuristically.

  • The soccer coach perved on one of the players as he undressed in the change room.

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