Queer : adj
1: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious
hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they
have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name";
"the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something
definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum
fellow"; "singular behavior" [syn: curious, funny,
odd, peculiar, rum, rummy, singular]
2: not as expected; "there was something fishy about the
accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely
queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were
suspect"; "suspicious behavior" [syn: fishy, funny, shady,
suspect, suspicious]
3: homosexual or arousing homosexual desires [syn: gay, homophile(a)]
(noun)
1: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot,
faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, poof,
poove, pouf]
(verb)
1: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What
ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's
amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart,
spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle,
bilk]
2: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
[syn: expose, scupper, endanger, peril]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Queer : \Queer\, v. t. [Based on Queer, a.]
1. To puzzle. [Prov. Eng. or Slang]
2. To ridicule; to banter; to rally. [Slang]
3. To spoil the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to
throw a wet blanket on; to spoil. [Slang]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Queer : \Queer\, a. [Compar. Queerer; superl. Queerest.] [G.
quer cross, oblique, athwart (cf. querkopf a queer fellow),
OHG. twer, twerh, dwerah; akin to D. dvars, AS,
[thorn]weorh thwart, bent, twisted, Icel. [thorn]verr thwart,
transverse, Goth. [thorn]wa[`i]rhs angry, and perh. to L.
torqyere to twist, and E. through. Cf. Torture, Through,
Thwart, a.]
1. At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in
some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular;
strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act. `` A queer
look.'' --W. Irving.
2. Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer
transaction. [Colloq.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Queer : \Queer\, n.
Counterfeit money. [Slang]
To shove the queer, to put counterfeit money in
circulation. [Slang]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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