Third-person singular simple present indicative form of queer

plural of queerness

(idiomatic, Britain, dated) Hard times; a difficult circumstance, especially bankruptcy. / (idiomatic, Britain, dated) Suspicious circumstances. / (idiomatic, boxing) A stunned condition.

(dated, chiefly Britain) An odd or eccentric person.

(idiomatic, slang) prejudice or violence against queer people.

(dated, UK, thieves' cant and Polari) A prison.

plural of queer ken

(LGBT) A field of critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of LGBT studies and feminist studies, a kind of interpretation devoted to queer readings of texts.

The study, based on critical theory, of issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity, usually focusing on LGBT.

(transitive, informal) to ruin, mess up.