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1 queer
I 1. [kwɪə(r)]1) (strange) strano, bizzarro, curioso2) (suspicious) dubbio, sospetto3) BE ant. (ill) indisposto4) colloq. spreg. (homosexual) da frocio2.••II [kwɪə(r)]to be in Queer Street — BE essere pieno di debiti o in difficoltà finanziarie
verbo transitivo rovinare, guastare••to queer sb.'s pitch — rompere le uova nel paniere a qcn
* * *[kwiə] 1. adjective1) (odd, strange or unusual: queer behaviour; queer noises in the middle of the night.) bizzarro, strano2) (sick; unwell: I do feel a bit queer - perhaps I ate too many oysters.) indisposto, male3) ((slang) homosexual.) omosessuale2. noun(a homosexual.) omosessuale- queerly- queerness* * *[kwɪə(r)]1) (odd) strano (-a), curioso (-a), singolarethere's something queer going on here — qui c'è qualcosa che non va, qui sta succedendo qc di strano
queer in the head fam — tocco (-a), picchiato (-a)
2) (ill) strano (-a), non giusto (-a)3) fam, (offensive: homosexual) omosessuale4) (suspicious) dubbio (-a), sospetto (-a)2. n oldfam, (offensive: male homosexual) finocchio3. vtto queer sb's pitch fam — rovinare tutto a qn, rompere le uova nel paniere a qn
* * *queer /kwɪə(r)/A a.1 strano; bizzarro; curioso; singolare; eccentrico: a queer way of pronouncing English, uno strano modo di pronunciare l'inglese2 dubbio; di dubbia moralità; sospetto; poco chiaro: a queer fellow, un tipo di dubbia moralità; queer money, denaro di dubbia provenienzaB n.(spreg.) finocchio, frocio, checca (pop.)● queer-bashing, pestaggio degli omosessuali □ (fam.) a queer fish, un tipo strano; un eccentrico □ (fam.) queer in the head, matto da legare; pazzo □ queer theory, discussione sulla sessualità non eterosessuale; ‘queer theory’ □ to feel queer, sentirsi indisposto; star poco bene □ ( slang ingl., antiq.) in Queer Street, inguaiato (pop.); pieno di debitiqueerly avv. queerness n. [u]. (to) queer /kwɪə(r)/v. t. ( slang)1 guastare; rovinare; sciupare* * *I 1. [kwɪə(r)]1) (strange) strano, bizzarro, curioso2) (suspicious) dubbio, sospetto3) BE ant. (ill) indisposto4) colloq. spreg. (homosexual) da frocio2.••II [kwɪə(r)]to be in Queer Street — BE essere pieno di debiti o in difficoltà finanziarie
verbo transitivo rovinare, guastare••to queer sb.'s pitch — rompere le uova nel paniere a qcn
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