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.
Phrases and idioms:
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.
Derivatives:
queerish adj. queerly adv. queerness n.
Etymology: perh. f. G quer oblique (as THWART)