Beard

1. A boy or girl hired as a celebritys boyfriend/girlfriend by that celebritys management, usually for publicity.

Fan 1: "Ugh, did you hear that Eleanor Calder is dating Louis Tomlinson of One Direction?"
Fan 2: "Lmao, no, she's a beard, duh!"

by larrystylinsonisreal January 27, 2014

Beard

When a pop star is gay, management will give them a girlfriend to hide it. This is called a beard. It is usually referred to in a jokingly manor.

"are you gonna have a beard like Taylor Swift?"
"Look at louis' beard."

by ArrowDean06 February 4, 2021

beard-on

The practice of reality TV pseudo-celebs, primarily on the Discovery Channel, using product in their beards to give the appearance of a long, hard, straight beard, resembling the male mammal penile erection in appearance.

Neil: "Did you catch all those beard-ons on Discovery last night?"

Bob: "I know, right? It's like they won't give you a show unless you're a visable douche..."

by BADxKARMA February 19, 2013

Beard

Any opposite sex escort taken to an event in an effort to give a homosexaul person the apperance of being out on a date with a person of the opposite sex.

Half of the women on the red carpet at the movie premier were not real dates, but beards.

by Rob October 29, 2004

Bearding

An act that someone gay does when afraid to come out of the closet. usually this means dating a girl when you like guys just to coverup.

Person: that guys so bearding

**guy walks down hall with girl but checks out a guy**

by 529advice June 12, 2014

IT Beard

A boss ass beard that is grown by I.T professionals

Wow check out that guys IT beard, he must know what the fuck he's doing.

by tal0s July 31, 2011

bearding

working as someone's beard (a person which pretends to be together with someone who is gay)

X:'Oh, I hate Eleanor Calder so much!'
Y:'C'mon, she's just bearding! It's her job!'

by heybabeowareyou February 23, 2014