Meanings
queenie1
nounqueenie (plural queenies)
plural queenies
- colloquialAn effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address).First known use 20th c.
He looks like Eddie Izzard gone too far and sounds a little like Rod Steiger's queenie turn in No Way to Treat a Lady.
2001 June 1, Rod Mackie, The Guardian - UKThe queen scallop.First known use 20th c.
There are no closed seasons for queenies or restrictions on fishing time or catches.
2015, Elizabeth Gosling, Marine Bivalve Molluscs, page 296
Queenie2
proper noun
- A female given name from English.
George sat down. Queenie got up. 'Could I have some money to buy a birthday present for somebody?' she asked.
1940, Enid Blyton, The Naughtiest Girl In The School
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with queenie
bikinimartinibeanieLamborghiniSweeneygenieSantorinizucchiniteenyGiniFeeneypyreneSelenetankinimonokiniwahinelinguinefettuccineskenecrostiniCyrenebandiniweenydamascene
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
queenie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queenie
MLA
“queenie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queenie. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “queenie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queenie.
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