queer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: queer	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for queer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
queer adj 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" Synonym(s): curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular homosexual or arousing homosexual desires Synonym(s): gay, queer, homophile(a) n offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf] v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" Synonym(s): thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position Synonym(s): queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Queer \Queer\, v. t. [From {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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Queer \Queer\, n. Counterfeit money. [Slang] {To shove the queer}, to put counterfeit money in circulation. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[8d]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. [bd] A queer look.[b8] --W. Irving. 2. Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction. [Colloq.]