perv
⇨ perv; perve
1. noun
1
a sexual pervert. Sometimes 'perv' carries the same force as its origin 'pervert', thus 'someone with a kinky sexual bent', 'a person obsessed with sex', 'a lecher' or 'a homosexual' (by those who regard this as unnatural). Can also be used in a weaker sense to refer to anyone whose sexual behaviour is unwanted AUSTRALIA, 1942.
2
in prison, a sex offender; a convicted paedophile. An abbreviation of 'pervert' AUSTRALIA, 1949.
3
a person watching or staring sexually; a voyeur AUSTRALIA, 1944.
4
a voyeuristic look AUSTRALIA, 1963.
5
a look AUSTRALIA, 1993
2. verb
1
to lust after another person; to behave as a voyeur AUSTRALIA, 1941.
2
to look at or watch sexually AUSTRALIA, 1944.
3
to look at; to observe AUSTRALIA, 1984