Meanings
plural queer ducks
- A strange person, an odd duck, especially if possibly gay.
When he had gone the captain said, "He's a queer duck, isn't he?" Mary was stacking dishes. She paused and looked at Tara. "Is he?"
1952, Janice Holt Giles, Tara's HealingSynonyms: strange bird
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA strange person, an odd duck, especially if possibly gay.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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queer duck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queer%20duck
“queer duck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queer%20duck. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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