QUEER

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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.
a.

Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction. [Colloq.]

3.
n.

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