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What does queer mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word queer? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (now slightly dated) Weird, odd or different; whimsical. [from 16th c.]
  2. (slightly dated) Slightly unwell (mainly in to feel queer). [from 18th c.]
  3. (colloquial) Homosexual. [from 20th c.]
  4. (colloquial) Not heterosexual: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, etc.
  5. (broadly) Pertaining to sexual behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual norms, assumptions etc. [from 20th c.]
Noun
  1. (colloquial) A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
  2. (colloquial) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.
  3. (derogatory) General term of abuse, casting aspersions on target's sexuality; compare gay.
  4. (definite, with "the", informal, archaic) Counterfeit money.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or null.
  2. (Britain, dialect, dated) To puzzle.
  3. (slang, dated) To ridicule; to banter; to rally.
  4. (slang, dated) To spoil the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to throw a wet blanket on; to spoil.
  5. (social sciences) To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory.
Adverb
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