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quirk  (kwûrk)

n.

1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).

2. An unpredictable or unaccountable act or event; a vagary: a quirk of fate.

3. A sudden sharp turn or twist.

4. An equivocation; a quibble.

5. Architecture A lengthwise groove on a molding between the convex upper part and the soffit.

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quirki·ly adv.

quirki·ness n.

quirky adj.

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quirk [kwɜːk]

n

1. an individual peculiarity of character; mannerism or foible

2. an unexpected twist or turn a quirk of fate

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a continuous groove in an architectural moulding

4. a flourish, as in handwriting

[of unknown origin]

quirky  adj

quirkily  adv

quirkiness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	quirk - a strange attitude or habit queerness, quirkiness, oddity, crotchet strangeness, unfamiliarity - unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
	2.	quirk - a narrow groove beside a beading groove, channel - a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
Verb	1.	quirk - twist or curve abruptly; "She quirked her head in a peculiar way" twist - turn in the opposite direction; "twist one's head"

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quirk

noun

1. fluke, chance, twist, turn, freak, anomaly a tantalising quirk of fate

2. peculiarity, eccentricity, mannerism, foible, idiosyncrasy, habit, fancy, characteristic, trait, whim, oddity, caprice, fetish, aberration, kink, vagary, singularity, idée fixe (French) the quirks and foibles of people in everyday situations

Translations

quirk [kwɜːk] N

1. (= oddity) → rareza f
it's just one of his little quirks → es una de sus rarezas
by some quirk of fate/nature → por algún capricho del destino/de la naturaleza
a statistical quirk → una anomalía estadística

2. (Art, Mus) (= flourish) → floritura f

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quirk [ˈkwɜː^rk] n

(= strange occurrence) → bizarrerie f
a quirk of fate → un caprice du destin
by some quirk of fate → par un caprice du hasard

[person, behaviour] → manie f

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quirk

n → Schrulle f, → Marotte f; (of nature, fate) → Laune f; by a strange quirk of fate → durch eine Laune des Schicksals

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quirk [kwɜːk] n (oddity) → stranezza, bizzarria
by some quirk of fate → per un capriccio della sorte

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quirk [kwɜːk] n (oddity) → stranezza, bizzarria
by some quirk of fate → per un capriccio della sorte

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quirk

n quirk [kwəːk]

a strange or unusual feature of a person's behaviour etc. nuk مُراوَغَه، تَلاعُب بالألْفاظ чудатост výstřednost ejendommelighed die Eigenart λόξα, ιδιορρυθμία peculiaridad veidrus خصلت عجیب oikku excentricité מוּזָרוּת विचित्र व्यवहार igra riječima, varka hirtelen fordulat; fintor peri laku aneh tiktúra, skringilegheit vezzo 変った癖 (행동, 성격 등의) 기발함 keistenybė dīvainība sifat aneh hebbelijkheid eksentrisk vane, lune kaprys particularidade ciudăţenie причуда zvláštnosť, manier čudaštvo osobenost egendomlighet, besynnerlighet การพลิกผันอย่างฉับพลัน tuhaflık, acayiplik 古怪的舉動，怪癖 химера, викрут انوکھا انداز یا برتاؤ tật 古怪的举动，怪癖