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}, {queer}, {rum}, {rummy}, {singular}]
         2: homosexual or arousing homosexual desires [syn: {gay},
            {queer}, {homophile(a)}]
         n 1: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: {fagot},
               {faggot}, {fag}, {fairy}, {nance}, {pansy}, {queen},
               {queer}, {poof}, {poove}, {pouf}]
         v 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}, {queer}, {spoil}, {scotch}, {foil}, {cross},
               {frustrate}, {baffle}, {bilk}]
         2: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
            [syn: {queer}, {expose}, {scupper}, {endanger}, {peril}]

English Dictionary: queer	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
queer bird n someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group Synonym(s): kook, odd fellow, odd fish, queer bird, queer duck, odd man out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
queer duck n someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group Synonym(s): kook, odd fellow, odd fish, queer bird, queer duck, odd man out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
queerly adv in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper" Synonym(s): queerly, strangely, oddly, funnily in a questionably unusual manner; "this money had been queerly come by" Synonym(s): queerly, fishily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
queerness n a strange attitude or habit [syn: oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet] a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex Synonym(s): homosexuality, homosexualism, homoeroticism, queerness, gayness
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.]
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.]
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Queerish \Queer"ish\, a.       Rather queer; somewhat singular.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Queerly \Queer"ly\, adv.       In a queer or odd manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Queerness \Queer"ness\, n.       The quality or state of being queer.