kwɪə 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. øin Queer
Street sl. in a
difficulty, in
debt or
trouble or
disrepute. queer a person's pitch spoil a person's chances,
esp. secretly or maliciously. øøqueerish adj. queerly adv. queerness n. [perh. f. G quer
oblique (as THWART)]