queer
To render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or nullTo render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or null.
» There's nowt as queer as folk.
So etwas kommt vor.
Meaning
6 senses(dated, transitive)To render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or null.
(UK, dated, dialectal)To puzzle.
(dated, slang)To ridicule; to banter; to rally.
(dated, slang)To spoil the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to throw a wet blanket on; to spoil.
To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory.
(neologism, slang)To make a work more appealing or attractive to LGBT people, such as by not having strict genders for playable characters.
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Examples
55 sentencesThere's nowt as queer as folk.
deSo etwas kommt vor.
Are you as queer as I am?
He had a queer expression on his face.
ruУ него было нелепое выражение лица.
She was getting used to queer things happening.
deSie gewöhnte sich allmählich daran, dass seltsame Dinge passierten.
A queer person is not a conversation piece.
Origin
Attested since about 1510, at first in Scots. Usually taken to be from Middle Low German (Attested since about 1510, at first in Scots. Usually taken to be from Middle Low German (Brunswick dialect) queer (“oblique, off-centre”) or the related German quer (“diagonal”), from Old Saxon thwerh, from Proto-West Germanic *þwerh, from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn, twist, wind”); compare Latin torqueō, and see more at thwart. The OED argues against this due to the semantic differences and the date at which the word appears in Scots.
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Forms
queers, queering, queered, queeredSynonyms
15 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle