queer

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queer  /ˈkwɪr/ ? Meaning of "queer"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) offensive term for an openly homosexual man
  2. (v) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
  3. (v) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
  4. (adj) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  5. (adj) homosexual or arousing homosexual desires

Synonym(s)

faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof

Usage(s):

  1. But Nick is having too good a time, knows and dislikes the queer Wynant family too welluntil a gunman breaks into his hotel room early one morning to crease him with a bullet.
  2. Irish MacNeice finds Iceland interesting chiefly as one more queer spot in which to wonder what the devil he is doing there.
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