'Quirk' definitions:
Definition of 'quirk'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
A narrow groove beside a beading
verb
Twist or curve abruptly; "She quirked her head in a peculiar way"
Definition of 'Quirk'
From: GCIDE
- Quirk \Quirk\ (kw[~e]rk), n. [Written also querk.] [Cf. W. chwiori to turn briskly, or E. queer.]
- 1. 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. "Some quirk or . . . evasion." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- We ground the justification of our nonconformity on dark subtilties and intricate quirks. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice. [Obs.] "Quirks of joy and grief." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit. [1913 Webster]
- Some odd quirks and remnants of wit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An irregular air; as, light quirks of music. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Building) A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Arch.) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding. [1913 Webster]
- Quirk molding, a bead between two quirks. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quirk'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberration,
- anamorphism,
- anamorphosis,
- aroma,
- asymmetry,
- attribute,
- badge,
- boutade,
- brainstorm,
- brand,
- buckle,
- cachet,
- capriccio,
- caprice,
- cast,
- cavil,
- character,
- characteristic,
- conceit,
- configuration,
- contortion,
- crank,
- craze,
- crazy idea,
- crookedness,
- crotchet,
- cut,
- detorsion,
- deviation,
- differentia,
- differential,
- disproportion,
- distinctive feature,
- distortion,
- dodge,
- earmark,
- eccentricity,
- fad,
- fancy,
- fantastic notion,
- fantasy,
- feature,
- figure,
- flavor,
- flimflam,
- fool notion,
- freak,
- freakish inspiration,
- gnarl,
- gust,
- habit,
- hallmark,
- harebrained idea,
- humor,
- idiocrasy,
- idiosyncrasy,
- imbalance,
- impress,
- impression,
- index,
- individualism,
- irregularity,
- jesuitism,
- keynote,
- kink,
- knot,
- lineaments,
- lopsidedness,
- maggot,
- mannerism,
- mark,
- marking,
- megrim,
- minauderie,
- mold,
- nature,
- notion,
- oddity,
- odor,
- particularity,
- passing fancy,
- peculiar trait,
- peculiarity,
- property,
- quality,
- quibble,
- quiddity,
- quillet,
- quip,
- quodlibet,
- savor,
- screw,
- seal,
- shape,
- shuffle,
- singularity,
- smack,
- specialty,
- stamp,
- taint,
- tang,
- taste,
- token,
- torsion,
- tortuosity,
- toy,
- trademark,
- trait,
- trick,
- trick of behavior,
- turn,
- twist,
- unsymmetry,
- vagary,
- warp,
- whim,
- whim-wham,
- whimsy,
- wrench,
- wrest,
- wring