queer a person's pitch

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• queer — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 strange; odd; eccentric. 2 shady; suspect; of questionable character. 3 a slightly ill; giddy; faint. b Brit. sl. drunk. 4 derog. sl. (esp. of a man) homosexual. n. derog. sl. a homosexual. v.tr. sl. spoil; put out of order …   Useful english dictionary

• queer someone's pitch — To spoil someone s chances • • • Main Entry: ↑queer * * * queer someone’s pitch british old fashioned phrase to spoil what someone is doing or planning to do Thesaurus: to stop someone doing somethingsynonym to kill a person or animal …   Useful english dictionary

• pitch — 1 noun 1 SPORTS FIELD (C) BrE a specially marked out area of ground on which a sport is played; field 1 (4) AmE: The crowd invaded the pitch at the end of the match. | a cricket pitch 2 STRONG FEELINGS (singular, uncountable) the strength of your …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pitch — I. /pɪtʃ / (say pich) verb (t) 1. to set up or erect (a tent, camp, etc.). 2. to put, set, or plant in a fixed or definite place or position (as cricket stumps, etc.). 3. to set or aim at a certain point, degree, level, etc.: he pitched his hopes …  

• queer — queer1 [kwıə US kwır] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from German quer going across ] 1.) taboo an offensive word used to describe someone who is ↑homosexual, especially a man. Do not use this word. 2.) old fashioned strange or difficult to …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• queer — queerly, adv. queerness, n. /kwear/, adj., queerer, queerest, v., n. adj. 1. strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice. 2. of a questionable nature or character; suspicious; shady:… …   Universalium

• Queer — 1. not simply straight up and down heterosexual; 2. (of a male) homosexual; 3. mentally unbalanced or deranged: queer in the head ; 4. spoil; jeopardise; ruin: queer one s pitch ; 5. person who is not strictly heterosexual …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• queer — Australian Slang 1. not simply straight up and down heterosexual; 2. (of a male) homosexual; 3. mentally unbalanced or deranged: queer in the head ; 4. spoil; jeopardise; ruin: queer one s pitch ; 5. person who is not strictly heterosexual …   English dialects glossary

• Russell T Davies — Davies outside Cardiff Central railway station on 22 April 2008. Born Stephen Russell Davies 27 April 1963 (1963 04 27) (age 48) …   Wikipedia

• British slang — circuBritish slang is English language slang used in the UK. Slang is informal language sometimes peculiar to a particular social class or group and its use in Britain dates back to before the 16th century. The language of slang, in common with… …   Wikipedia

• Fruit (slang) — Fruit and Fruit cake (as well as many variations) are slang Sexual s te. dyke.cite web first=Danny title=Strange Fruit publisher=Nighttours.com date=2007 url =http://www.nighttours.nl/amsterdam/gayguide/strange fruit.php accessdate=2007 11 15]… …   Wikipedia