Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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]

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.]

Queer \Queer\, n.
   Counterfeit money. [Slang]

   {To shove the queer}, to put counterfeit money in
      circulation. [Slang]

Source : WordNet®

queer
     v 1: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What
          ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's
          amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: {thwart},
           {spoil}, {scotch}, {foil}, {cross}, {frustrate}, {baffle},
           {bilk}]
     2: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
        [syn: {expose}, {scupper}, {endanger}, {peril}]

queer
     n : offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: {fagot},
         {faggot}, {fag}, {fairy}, {nance}, {pansy}, {queen}, {poof},
          {poove}, {pouf}]

queer
     adj 1: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious
            hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they
            have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name";
            "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something
            definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum
            fellow"; "singular behavior" [syn: {curious}, {funny},
             {odd}, {peculiar}, {rum}, {rummy}, {singular}]
     2: not as expected; "there was something fishy about the
        accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely
        queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were
        suspect"; "suspicious behavior" [syn: {fishy}, {funny}, {shady},
         {suspect}, {suspicious}]
     3: homosexual or arousing homosexual desires [syn: {gay}, {homophile(a)}]