quirk

(kwûrk)

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: a quirk of the head.

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

5. Archaic An equivocation; a quibble.

[Origin unknown.]

quirk′i·ly adv.

quirk′i·ness n.

quirk′y adj.

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quirk

(kwɜːk)

1. an individual peculiarity of character; mannerism or foible

2. an unexpected twist or turn: a quirk of fate.

3. (Architecture) a continuous groove in an architectural moulding

4. a flourish, as in handwriting

[C16: of unknown origin]

ˈquirky adj

ˈquirkily adv

ˈquirkiness n

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quirk

(kwûrk),
n.

1. a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism.

2. caprice; vagary; accident: a quirk of fate.

3. a showy stroke, as in writing.

4. an acute angle or channel, as one dividing two parts of a molding.

adj.

5. formed with a quirk or channel, as a molding.

[1540–50; orig. uncertain]

quirk′i•ly, adv.

quirk′i•ness, n.

quirk′y, adj. quirk•i•er, quirk•i•est.

syn: See eccentricity.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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"

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

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

quirk

noun

Peculiar behavior:

eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, quirkiness, singularity.

Translations

مُراوَغَه، تَلاعُب بالألْفاظ

výstřednost

ejendommelighed

Eigenart Eigenheit Macke

excentricité

fintorhirtelen fordulat

tiktúra, skringilegheit

stranezza

dīvainība

eksentrisk vane

выверт

manier

acayipliktuhaflık

古怪的举动怪癖

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

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

quirk

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

quirk

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

quirk

(kwəːk) noun

a strange or unusual feature of a person's behaviour etc.