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queer in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
    "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
    thwart  queer  spoil  scotch  foil  cross  frustrate  baffle  bilk 
  2. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
    queer  expose  scupper  endanger  peril 
adjective
  1. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
    "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
    curious  funny  odd  peculiar  queer  rum  rummy  singular 
  2. homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
    gay  queer  homophile 
noun
  1. offensive term for an openly homosexual man
    fagot  faggot  fag  fairy  nance  pansy  queen  queer  poof  poove  pouf 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University



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