Queer
Queer (kwēr) , adjective
[German quer cross, oblique, athwart (compare querkopf a queer fellow), OHG. twer, twerh, dwerah; akin to Dutch dvars, AS, þweorh thwart, bent, twisted, Icelandic þverr thwart, transverse, Gothic þwaìrhs angry, and perh. to Latin torqyere to twist, and English through. Compare 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.
2.
Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction. [Colloquial]
3.
homosexual. [disparaging and offensive]
Queer , noun
1.
Counterfeit money. [Slang]
2.
a homosexual. [disparaging and offensive]
Collocations (1)
To shove the queer , to put counterfeit money in circulation. [Slang]
Queer (kwēr) , transitive verb
[From Queer, a.]
1.
To puzzle. [Provincial English 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]