queer

  • 31queer — /ˈkwɪə / (say kwear) adjective 1. strange from a conventional point of view; singular or odd: a queer notion. 2. Colloquial of questionable character; suspicious; shady. 3. out of the normal state of feeling physically; giddy, faint, or queasy:… …

  • 32queer — n, adj (a person who is) homosexual. Until the 19th century queer denoted odd or curi ous, as it still does in standard English. Its use as first a euphemism, then a slang synonym for homosexual arose between the world wars, probably first in the …

    Contemporary slang

  • 33queer —    Used to describe a homosexual from the 1920s onwards. ‘You criging little queer’ is used by a woman to a male homosexual in Getting it Rightt by Elizabeth Jane Howard. In The Stork, by Denison Hatch, one man says to another: ‘You’re not going… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 34Queer — 1. not simply straight up and down heterosexual; 2. (of a male) homosexual; 3. mentally unbalanced or deranged: queer in the head ; 4. spoil; jeopardise; ruin: queer one s pitch ; 5. person who is not strictly heterosexual …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 35queer — Australian Slang 1. not simply straight up and down heterosexual; 2. (of a male) homosexual; 3. mentally unbalanced or deranged: queer in the head ; 4. spoil; jeopardise; ruin: queer one s pitch ; 5. person who is not strictly heterosexual …

    English dialects glossary

  • 36queer — {{#}}{{LM Q46153}}{{〓}} {{[}}queer{{]}} {{■}}(ing.){{□}} {{《}}▍ adj.inv.{{》}} De la homosexualidad o relacionado con esta inclinación sexual: • una película de estética queer.{{○}} {{★}}{{\}}PRONUNCIACIÓN:{{/}} [kuíer]. {{★}}{{\}}ORTOGRAFÍA:{{/}} …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 37queer — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 strange; odd; eccentric. 2 shady; suspect; of questionable character. 3 a slightly ill; giddy; faint. b Brit. sl. drunk. 4 derog. sl. (esp. of a man) homosexual. n. derog. sl. a homosexual. v.tr. sl. spoil; put out of order …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 38queer — homophil; andersherum (umgangssprachlich); warm (umgangssprachlich); homosexuell; vom anderen Ufer (umgangssprachlich); gleichgeschlechtlich; schwul (umgangssprachlich); …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 39queer — See queer, quaint, odd …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 40queer — Synonyms and related words: AC DC, abnormal, absurd, affected, amphierotic, anomalous, apocryphal, artificial, assumed, atypical, auntie, autoerotic, bad check, bad money, ball up, base coin, bastard, batty, bereft of reason, bi guy, bisexed,… …

    Moby Thesaurus