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Entry 8 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Queer

/(kwēr)/ · IPA /kwɪɹ/
01 a. At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer s…
  1. 1.
    At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act.
  2. 2.
    Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction.[Colloq.]
  3. 3.
    homosexual.[disparaging and offensive]
02 n. Counterfeit money.
  1. 1.
    Counterfeit money.[Slang]
  2. 2.
    a homosexual.[disparaging and offensive]
Phrases & compounds
To shove the queer — to put counterfeit money in circulation.
03 v. t. To puzzle.
  1. 1.
    To puzzle.[Prov. Eng. or Slang]
  2. 2.
    To ridicule; to banter; to rally.[Slang]
  3. 3.
    To spoil the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to throw a wet blanket on; to spoil.[Slang]