Canadian English Meaning of quirk

quirk

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Definitions and Meaning of quirk in English

Wordnet

quirk (n)

a strange attitude or habit

a narrow groove beside a beading

Wordnet

quirk (v)

twist or curve abruptly

Webster

quirk (n.)

A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger.

A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice.

A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.

An irregular air; as, light quirks of music.

A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink.

A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding.

FAQs About the word quirk

quirk

a strange attitude or habit, a narrow groove beside a beading, twist or curve abruptlyA sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion

characteristic,Eccentricity,habit,Idiosyncrasy,Mannerism,oddity,peculiarity,trait,trick,twist

conformity,sameness

quirites => Quirites, quirite => Quirite, quirister => chorister, quirinal => Quirinal, quire => quire,