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]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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