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. in 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. queerish adj. queerly adv. queerness n.
[ perh. f. G quer oblique (as THWART) ]