Tunte — meaning in English

English meaning

• fruit noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
• queen noun A female monarch who rules a country, or the wife of a king.
• twink noun (slang) A young, slim, attractive gay man, typically without much body hair.

Senses

Tunte is used for these senses in English:

• fruit (dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual man; (derogatory, figurative) an effeminate man. [from 1900]
• queen (LGBT slang, sometimes, derogatory) A homosexual man, especially one regarded as effeminate.
• twink (derogatory, slang) A weak or effeminate man, whether gay or not.

fruit — full definition

1. noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
2. noun A good or bad result of effort or action.
3. verb To produce fruit.

queen — full definition

1. noun A female monarch who rules a country, or the wife of a king.
2. noun In chess, the most powerful piece, able to move any number of squares in any direction.
3. noun The single fertile female in a colony of bees, ants, or similar social insects.
4. verb In chess, to promote a pawn to a queen by reaching the far side of the board.

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