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queer
adj queerer, queerest
    1. slang
      Said of a man: homosexual. Compare gay adj 1.
    2. Odd, strange or unusual.
      Thesaurus: odd, abnormal, atypical, bizarre, deviant, extraordinary, peculiar, curious, strange, weird, mysterious, inexplicable, funny.
    3. colloq
      Slightly mad.
    4. Faint or ill.
    5. colloq
      Suspicious; shady.
noun
    1. slang
      A homosexual.
verb
    queered, queering
    1. To spoil something.
Derivative: queerish
adj
    Derivative: queerly
    adverb
      Derivative: queerness
      noun
        Idiom: in queer street
          In debt or financial difficulties.
          In trouble.
        Idiom: queer someone's pitch
          colloq
          To spoil their plans; to thwart them.
        Etymology: 1920s in sense 1; 16c in sense 2.



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