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 Definitions of quirk  [ɪˈraɪ nəs, -ˈri-]  

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Definition of 'quirk' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) quirk
a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism.

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

3.  quirk
a showy stroke, as in writing.

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

5. (adj.) quirk
formed with a quirk or channel, as a molding.

Etymology:  (1540–50; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'quirk' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet
a strange attitude or habit

2. (verb) quirk
a narrow groove beside a beading

3. (verb) quirk
twist or curve abruptly
"She quirked her head in a peculiar way"


Definition of 'quirk' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) quirk
a strange habit
an eccentric man with many quirks

2.  quirk
sth strange that happens, often by chance
a quirk of fate


Definition of 'quirk' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) quirk
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

2. (noun) quirk
a fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice

3. (noun) quirk
a smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit

4. (noun) quirk
an irregular air; as, light quirks of music

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

6. (noun) quirk
a small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding


Translation of 'quirk' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

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

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: nuk Arabic flag Arabic: مُراوَغَه، تَلاعُب بالألْ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: чудатост
Brazilian flag Brazilian: particularidade Czech flag Czech: výstřednost German flag German: die Eigenart
Danish flag Danish: ejendommelighed Greek flag Greek: λόξα, ιδιορρυθμία Spanish flag Spanish: peculiaridad
Estonian flag Estonian: veidrus Farsi flag Farsi: خصلت عجیب Finnish flag Finnish: oikku
French flag French: excentricité Hebrew flag Hebrew: מוּזָרוּת Hindi flag Hindi: विचित्र व्यवहार
Croatian flag Croatian: igra riječima, varka Hungarian flag Hungarian: hirtelen fordulat; fintor Indonesian flag Indonesian: peri laku aneh
Icelandic flag Icelandic: tiktúra, skringilegheit Italian flag Italian: vezzo Japanese flag Japanese: 変った癖
Korean flag Korean: (행동, 성격 등의) 기발함 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: keistenybė Latvian flag Latvian: dīvainība
Malay flag Malay: sifat aneh Dutch flag Dutch: hebbelijkheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: eksentrisk vane, lune
Polish flag Polish: kaprys Persian flag Persian: خصلت عجیب Pashto flag Pashto: ځانګړې خاصيت: (له لاسليك
Portuguese flag Portuguese: particularidade Romanian flag Romanian: ciudăţenie Russian flag Russian: причуда
Slovak flag Slovak: zvláštnosť, manier Slovenian flag Slovenian: čudaštvo Serbian flag Serbian: osobenost
Swedish flag Swedish: egendomlighet, besynnerli Thai flag Thai: พฤติกรรมแปลก ๆ Turkish flag Turkish: tuhaflık, acayiplik
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 古怪的舉動,怪癖 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: химера, викрут Urdu flag Urdu: انوکھا انداز یا برتاؤ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tật Chinese flag Chinese: 古怪的举动,怪癖

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