I. queer 1 /kwɪə $ kwɪr/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Perhaps from German quer 'going across' ]
1 . taboo an offensive word used to describe someone who is ↑ homosexual , especially a man. Do not use this word.
2 . old-fashioned strange or difficult to explain:
She gave a queer laugh.
Hank was beginning to feel a little queer.
3 . queer in the head old-fashioned slightly crazy
—queerly adverb :
Sue looked at him queerly.
II. queer 2 BrE AmE noun [countable]
taboo an offensive word for a ↑ homosexual person, especially a man. Do not use this word.
III. queer 3 BrE AmE verb
queer sb’s pitch/queer the pitch for somebody British English informal to make it difficult for someone to do something that they had planned to do