queer
21queer — 1. adjective /kwir/ a) (somewhat old fashioned) weird, odd or different. “I wish I hadn’t cried so much!” said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. “I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears!… …
22queer — [[t]kwɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] queerer, queerest, queers 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is queer is strange. [OLD FASHIONED] If you ask me, there s something a bit queer going on. 2) N COUNT People sometimes call homosexual men queers. [INFORMAL, OFFENSIVE] ADJ …
23queer — 1 adjective 1 old fashioned strange or difficult to explain: This orange tastes queer. | She gave a queer laugh. 2 informal a word meaning homosexual, considered offensive when used by people who are not homosexual 3 BrE ill or sick: I m feeling… …
24queer — [[t]kwɪər[/t]] adj. queer•er, queer•est, v. n. adj. 1) strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; eccentric 2) of a questionable nature or character; suspicious; shady: something queer in the wording of the document[/ex]… …
25queer — I. adjective Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1508 1. a. worthless, counterfeit < queer money > b. questionable, suspicious 2. a. differing in some odd way from what is usual or normal b …
26queer — queer1 [ kwır ] adjective 1. ) gay, BISEXUAL, or TRANSGENDER a ) OFFENSIVE an offensive word for describing gay people: a queer studies program b ) used in a positive way for referring to people who are gay, BISEXUAL, or TRANSGENDER, especially… …
27queer — {{11}}queer (adj.) c.1500, strange, peculiar, eccentric, from Scottish, perhaps from Low Ger. (Brunswick dialect) queer oblique, off center, related to Ger. quer oblique, perverse, odd, from O.H.G. twerh oblique, from PIE root *twerk to turn,… …
28queer — queerly, adv. queerness, n. /kwear/, adj., queerer, queerest, v., n. adj. 1. strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice. 2. of a questionable nature or character; suspicious; shady:… …
29queer — 1. drunk Originally, not in your normal state of health, and still occasionally used of a drunkard, with a suggestion that his condition may have been caused by something else. The meaning to make drunk is obsolete: Queered in the… …
30queer — adjective 1》 strange; odd. ↘Brit. informal, dated slightly ill. 2》 informal, derogatory (of a man) homosexual. noun informal, derogatory a homosexual man. verb informal spoil or ruin. Phrases in Queer Street Brit. informal, dated in… …
