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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024queer /kwɪr/USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, v., n.
adj. - strange or odd;
unusually different:A queer old man suddenly emerged from the corner of the bookshop. - suspicious;
shady;
questionable:There's something queer in the wording of this document. - not physically right or well;
sick or faint:[be + ~]feeling queer. - [be + ~] mentally unbalanced;
deranged. - Psychiatry, Slang Terms[Slang](usually disparaging and offensive). homosexual.
v. [~ + object] - to spoil;
ruin:The salesman complained that you queered his sales pitch.
n. [countable] - Psychiatry, Slang Terms[Slang](usually disparaging and offensive). a homosexual.
queer•ly, adv.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024queer (kwēr),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, v., n. adj. - strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint;
unusually different;
singular:a queer notion of justice. - of a questionable nature or character;
suspicious;
shady:Something queer about the language of the prospectus kept investors away. - not feeling physically right or well;
giddy, faint, or qualmish:to feel queer. - mentally unbalanced or deranged.
- Psychiatry, Slang Terms[Slang](disparaging and offensive).
- homosexual.
- effeminate;
unmanly.
- Slang Termsbad, worthless, or counterfeit.
v.t. - to spoil;
ruin. - to put (a person) in a hopeless or disadvantageous situation as to success, favor, etc.
- to jeopardize.
- British Terms, Informal Terms, Idioms queer the pitch, to spoil the chances of success.
n. - Psychiatry, Slang Terms[Slang](disparaging and offensive). a homosexual, esp. a male homosexual.
- Slang Termscounterfeit money.
- German quer oblique, cross, adverse
- perh. 1500–10
queer′ness, n.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unconventional, curious, freakish, eccentric, weird. See strange.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ordinary.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: queer /kwɪə/ adj - differing from the normal or usual in a way regarded as odd or strange
- suspicious, dubious, or shady
- faint, giddy, or queasy
- informal taboo homosexual
- informal odd or unbalanced mentally; eccentric or slightly mad
- slang worthless or counterfeit
n - informal taboo a homosexual, usually a male
vb (transitive) informal - to spoil or thwart (esp in the phrase queer someone's pitch)
- to put in a difficult or dangerous position
Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps from German quer oblique, ultimately from Old High German twērhˈqueerly adv ˈqueerness n USAGE
Although the term queer meaning homosexual is still considered highly offensive when used by non-homosexuals, it is often used by homosexuals themselves as a positive term, as in queer politics, queer cinema |