Definition of gigolo in English:

gigolo

nounPlural gigolos ˈ(d)ʒɪɡələʊˈʒɪɡəloʊ

A young man paid or financially supported by a woman, typically an older woman, to be her escort or lover.
〈常贬〉（受雇于较年长女性的）男伴；情人
Example sentencesExamples
- She spent thousands a day on drugs, champagne, fancy clothes and hiring gigolos for sex - sometimes two at a time.
- I was under the impression that a male gigolo was the only kind you could get, the female equivalent going by many and varied (and generally far more colourful) names.
- While in Singapore he became a gigolo - kept by an older woman with a voracious sexual appetite who showered him with gifts and set up house with him.
- She understands the blunder a second later, horrified by the image of herself looking either like a hooker, or worse, a sex-deprived housewife looking for a gigolo.
- The character decides to become a gigolo after discovering that it excites him when an older woman offers him money to have sex with her.
Synonyms
playboy, beau, admirer
(male) dancing partner, (male) escort, (male) companion
informal fancy man
British informal toy boy

Origin

1920s (in the sense 'dancing partner'): from French, formed as the masculine of gigole 'dance hall woman', from colloquial gigue 'leg'.

The original sense was ‘dancing partner’: it comes from French, formed as the masculine of gigole ‘dance hall woman’, from colloquial gigue ‘leg’.

Rhymes

brigalow

Definition of gigolo in US English:

gigolo

nounˈʒɪɡəloʊˈZHiɡəlō

A young man paid or financially supported by an older woman to be her escort or lover.
〈常贬〉（受雇于较年长女性的）男伴；情人
Example sentencesExamples
- She spent thousands a day on drugs, champagne, fancy clothes and hiring gigolos for sex - sometimes two at a time.
- I was under the impression that a male gigolo was the only kind you could get, the female equivalent going by many and varied (and generally far more colourful) names.
- The character decides to become a gigolo after discovering that it excites him when an older woman offers him money to have sex with her.
- While in Singapore he became a gigolo - kept by an older woman with a voracious sexual appetite who showered him with gifts and set up house with him.
- She understands the blunder a second later, horrified by the image of herself looking either like a hooker, or worse, a sex-deprived housewife looking for a gigolo.
Synonyms
playboy, beau, admirer

Origin

1920s (in the sense ‘dancing partner’): from French, formed as the masculine of gigole ‘dance hall woman’, from colloquial gigue ‘leg’.

词汇	gigolo
释义	Definition of gigolo in English: gigolo nounPlural gigolos ˈ(d)ʒɪɡələʊˈʒɪɡəloʊ A young man paid or financially supported by a woman, typically an older woman, to be her escort or lover. 〈常贬〉（受雇于较年长女性的）男伴；情人 Example sentencesExamples She spent thousands a day on drugs, champagne, fancy clothes and hiring gigolos for sex - sometimes two at a time. I was under the impression that a male gigolo was the only kind you could get, the female equivalent going by many and varied (and generally far more colourful) names. While in Singapore he became a gigolo - kept by an older woman with a voracious sexual appetite who showered him with gifts and set up house with him. She understands the blunder a second later, horrified by the image of herself looking either like a hooker, or worse, a sex-deprived housewife looking for a gigolo. The character decides to become a gigolo after discovering that it excites him when an older woman offers him money to have sex with her. Synonyms playboy, beau, admirer (male) dancing partner, (male) escort, (male) companion informal fancy man British informal toy boy Origin 1920s (in the sense 'dancing partner'): from French, formed as the masculine of gigole 'dance hall woman', from colloquial gigue 'leg'. The original sense was ‘dancing partner’: it comes from French, formed as the masculine of gigole ‘dance hall woman’, from colloquial gigue ‘leg’. Rhymes brigalow Definition of gigolo in US English: gigolo nounˈʒɪɡəloʊˈZHiɡəlō A young man paid or financially supported by an older woman to be her escort or lover. 〈常贬〉（受雇于较年长女性的）男伴；情人 Example sentencesExamples She spent thousands a day on drugs, champagne, fancy clothes and hiring gigolos for sex - sometimes two at a time. I was under the impression that a male gigolo was the only kind you could get, the female equivalent going by many and varied (and generally far more colourful) names. The character decides to become a gigolo after discovering that it excites him when an older woman offers him money to have sex with her. While in Singapore he became a gigolo - kept by an older woman with a voracious sexual appetite who showered him with gifts and set up house with him. She understands the blunder a second later, horrified by the image of herself looking either like a hooker, or worse, a sex-deprived housewife looking for a gigolo. Synonyms playboy, beau, admirer Origin 1920s (in the sense ‘dancing partner’): from French, formed as the masculine of gigole ‘dance hall woman’, from colloquial gigue ‘leg’.
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