Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Queer"
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\, 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[`i]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. `` A queer
look.'' --W. Irving.
2. Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer
transaction. [Colloq.]
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}, {rum}, {rummy}, {singular}]
2: (informal) not as expected; "there was something fishy about
the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some
definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives
were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" [syn: {fishy}, {funny},
{shady}, {suspect}, {suspicious}]
3: homosexual or arousing homosexual desires [syn: {gay}, {homophile(a)}]
n : offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: {fagot},
{faggot}, {fag}, {fairy}, {nance}, {pansy}, {queen}, {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},
{spoil}, {scotch}, {foil}, {cross}, {frustrate}, {baffle},
{bilk}]
2: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
[syn: {expose}, {scupper}, {endanger}, {peril}]
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