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[ kwurk ] / kwɜrk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR quirk ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism: He is full of strange quirks. a shift, subterfuge, or evasion; quibble. a sudden twist or turn: He lost his money by a quirk of fate. a flourish or showy stroke, as in writing. Architecture. - an acute angle or channel, as one dividing two parts of a molding or one dividing a flush bead from the adjoining surfaces.
- an area taken from a larger area, as a room or a plot of ground.
- an enclosure for this area.
Obsolete. a clever or witty remark; quip. adjectiveformed with a quirk or channel, as a molding. Origin of quirkFirst recorded in 1540–50; origin uncertain synonym study for quirk1. See eccentricity. WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH quirkquark, quirk Words nearby quirkquipu, quire, Quirinal, Quirinus, Quirites, quirk, quirky, quirt, quis custodiet ipsos custodes?, quisling, Quisling, Vidkun Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for quirkKevin Fallon on the quirk of history that demands two swearing-in ceremonies for this particular president. Obama’s Secret Sunday Inauguration: Everything You Need to Know|Kevin Fallon|January 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST As a tempting virgin she was able to live long enough to be saved, but this was the quirk of a market controlled by foreigners. ‘Taken 2’s’ Crazy Sexual Politics!|Tracy Quan|October 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST A quirk in two political-prediction markets has created a (practically) no-lose investment opportunity—almost $100, for free. How to Make Free Money Betting on the 2012 Presidential Election|Alex Klein|September 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST Banville seemed to be running on empty with that book, but Quirk has energized him (four Quirke novels since 2006). Can Pulp Win the Booker?|Allen Barra|September 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
With a clever brush Madame put a quirk in his eyebrows that completed the portrait. Molly Brown's College Friends|Nell Speed Was it the strong connection of contrast, or was it a quirk of my brain? The Story of an Untold Love|Paul Leicester Ford Quirk dashed to his assistance with about the same number of men, and the enemy was driven completely away. History of Morgan's Cavalry|Basil W. Duke Massa Quirk mighty good just on de ebe of lebin de business. The Brother Clerks|Xariffa Quirk rose from his seat, and took two or three turns about the room in silence, Gammon watching him calmly. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1.|Samuel Warren
British Dictionary definitions for quirk
nounan individual peculiarity of character; mannerism or foible an unexpected twist or turna quirk of fate a continuous groove in an architectural moulding a flourish, as in handwriting Derived forms of quirkquirky, adjectivequirkily, adverbquirkiness, nounWord Origin for quirkC16: of unknown origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to quirktwist, vagary, habit, trait, aberration, kink, characteristic, peculiarity, mannerism, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, foible, whim, humor, crotchet, conceit, whimsy, fancy, caprice, turn |