get gay

verb1

1. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) To be flippant or impertinent toward someone; to flirt with someone; to make (unwanted) sexual advances [(often) with with ‘someone’].

   • ‘An’ th’ dumblasted rascal hed to go an’ git gay wi’ June. Dick turned to an’ hammered seven hells out o’ his mug an’ hove him out on deck—’ — 1930