Definition of "queer"
- adjective
Weird, odd or different.
Homosexual.
Having to do with homosexuality, bisexuality, transgenderism etc.
- noun
A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
A person of atypical sexuality or sexual identity.
General term of abuse, casting aspersions on target's sexuality; compare gay.
- verb
To reevaluate or reinterpret a work with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory.
- adverb
Queerly.
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