TubeTalk Pronunciation

How to pronounce “queer”

Hear “queer” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.

Pronunciation guide for queer

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of queer with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: CleannessAnd I was the only openly queer person
Definition summary: (dated) Strange, odd, or different; whimsical. [from 16th c.]

Example 1 of 8

Cleanness

And I was the only openly queer person

[Adjective]
(dated) Strange, odd, or different; whimsical. [from 16th c.]
(British, informal, dated) Slightly unwell. [from 18th c.]
(British, slang, dated) Drunk.
(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Homosexual. [from 19th c.]
(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
(loosely) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc. [from 20th c.]
[Noun]
(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.
(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person of any genderqueer identity.
(with definite article, informal, archaic) Counterfeit money.
[Verb]
(transitive, dated) To render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or null.
(UK, dialect, dated) To puzzle.[16]
(slang, dated) To ridicule; to banter; to rally.
(slang, dated) To spoil the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to throw a wet blanket on; to spoil.
(social sciences) To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory.
(slang, LGBTQ, neologism) To make a work more appealing or attractive to LGBT people, such as by not having strict genders for playable characters.
[Adverb]
Queerly.
(Ireland) Very, extremely.[17]