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quirk
[kwurk]
noun
a 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.
adjective
formed with a quirk or channel, as a molding.
quirk
/ ɜː /
noun
an individual peculiarity of character; mannerism or foible
an unexpected twist or turn
a quirk of fate
a continuous groove in an architectural moulding
a flourish, as in handwriting
Other 51Թ Forms
- ˈܾ쾱 adverb
- ˈܾ쾱Ա noun
- ˈܾ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quirk1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quirk1
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Example Sentences
Instead, we meet Lucy, John and Harry as they are: people with personalities, quirks, flaws and regrets.
Due to a quirk of the parliamentary system, private members' bills are normally debated on Fridays - a day when MPs are normally in their constituencies.
You’re intimately aware of their nuances and quirks, like how their left ear might curl back more than the right one or the way their nose tilts ever-so-subtly upwards.
It would be too easy and too inaccurate to write these places off as strange anomalies — one-off quirks in a city filled with so many quirks.
Mama aye-aye has her little quirks and foibles.
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