queenie
UK/ˈkwiːni/
queenie noun: an effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address).
Noun
queenie (plural queenies)
- An effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address).
- 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
- The queen scallop.
- There are no closed seasons for queenies or restrictions on fishing time or catches.2015, Elizabeth Gosling, Marine Bivalve Molluscs, page 296
Proper noun capitalized: Queenie
Queenie
- 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
queenie meaning in Bengali
queenie in Bengali
- একজন স্ত্রীলৈঙ্গিক পুরুষ, একজন পুরুষ সমকামী, কুইন স্ক্যালপ
Forms of queenie
| plural | queenies |
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Origin of queenie
From queen + -ie. Piecewise doublet of queanie.
From queen + -ie.
Words that rhyme with queenie
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- queeny
- sheeny
- wahine
- weeny
- zucchini
- Adiabene
- Apamene
- arancini
- Atropatene
- bandikini
- bandini
- bandkini
- beany
- blackberrytini
- blueberrytini
- broccolini
- bucatini
- burkini
- burqini
- camikini
- capellini
- caulini
- cheekini
- chocolatini
- chocotini
- cinnamontini
- coffeetini
- Commagene
- crostini
- damascene
- Datterini
- Emesene
- facekini
- fatkini
- Feeney
- fettuccine
- gingertini
- Gini
- Gogarene
- grissini
- halterini
- halterkini
- Lamborghini
- Laodicene
- lemon drop martini
- limetini
- linguine
- mankini
Questions about queenie
- What does queenie mean?
- Queenie means an effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address).
- What is queenie in Bengali?
- Queenie in Bengali is একজন স্ত্রীলৈঙ্গিক পুরুষ, একজন পুরুষ সমকামী, কুইন স্ক্যালপ. See Queenie meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is queenie?
- Queenie can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce queenie?
- Queenie is pronounced /ˈkwiːni/ (UK).
- What is the plural of queenie?
- The plural of queenie is queenies.
Words near queenie in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: queenie (page history and authors); Queenie (page history and authors); queenie (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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