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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

queer
     adj 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" [syn: curious, funny,
             odd, peculiar, rum, rummy, singular]
     2: (informal) not as expected; "there was something fishy about
        the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some
        definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives
        were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" [syn: fishy, funny,
         shady, suspect, suspicious]
     3: homosexual or arousing homosexual desires [syn: gay, homophile]
     n : offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot,
         faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, poof,
          poove, pouf]
     v 1: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What
          ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's
          amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart,
           spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle,
           bilk]
     2: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
        [syn: expose, scupper, endanger, peril]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Queer \Queer\, v. t. [From Queer, a.]
   1. To puzzle. [Prov. Eng. or Slang]

   2. To ridicule; to banter; to rally. [Slang]

   3. To spoil the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to
      throw a wet blanket on; to spoil. [Slang]
Queer \Queer\, a. [Compar. Queerer; superl. Queerest.] [G.
   quer cross, oblique, athwart (cf. querkopf a queer fellow),
   OHG. twer, twerh, dwerah; akin to D. dvars, AS,
   [thorn]weorh thwart, bent, twisted, Icel. [thorn]verr thwart,
   transverse, Goth. [thorn]wa[`i]rhs angry, and perh. to L.
   torqyere to twist, and E. through. Cf. Torture, Through,
   Thwart, a.]
   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. `` A queer
      look.'' --W. Irving.

   2. Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer
      transaction. [Colloq.]
Queer \Queer\, n.
   Counterfeit money. [Slang]

   To shove the queer, to put counterfeit money in
      circulation. [Slang]