quirk
quirk
Definition
quirk (kwʉrk)
noun
- a sudden twist, turn, or stroke a quirk of fortune
- a flourish in writing
- an evasion, subterfuge, or quibble
- a peculiarity, peculiar trait, or mannerism
- Now Rare a clever turn of speech; sally; quip
- Archit. a groove running lengthwise in a molding
Etymology: < ?
transitive verb
Archit. to form with quirks
quirk′i·ly adverb
quirk′i·ness noun
quirk′y adjective quirk′i·er, quirk′i·est
quirk
Synonyms
quirk
n.
quirk
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- annoy: A couple of annoying software quirks should be sorted out.
- have: He doesn't think there really is such a thing, everyone has quirks to what their usage is.
- know: Get to know the quirks and peculiarities of certain horses before you buy them.
Adjective modifier
- strange: The game has some strange quirks which sometimes show up during missions.
- odd: Tonight she recalls the odd quirks of her first UK visit.
- statistical: Sir Richard said this finding did not show the power lines caused leukemia - he thinks this could be " a statistical quirk " .
- psychological: The ability to keep on searching for the new, new thing is a psychological quirk.
- minor: The book is well produced and, bar minor editorial quirks, is eminently readable.
- little: They all have their little quirks don't they?
Modifies a noun
- mode: The developers made a concession, in quirks mode only, for honoring ( misguided ) requests to use Symbol font.
Noun used with modifier
- personality: They also show signs of having personality quirks that are probably not integral to any purpose.
- design: Closer inspection of the room provided us with further Indian interior design quirks.
Possessives
- mode: Without this most browsers will be thrown into ' quirks ' mode which will lead to all sorts of incompatibility problems.
Preposition: in
- law: Due to a quirk in the law it is not illegal to disseminate such pictures but it is illegal to print and sell them.
Preposition: of
- fate: These trials are not quirks of fate or some such thing.
- nature: I am thankful that, even with all the quirks of human nature, such a place exists here.
- history: By a quirk of history, we are still here.
- character: Each boy was now looked on as having his individual problems and quirks of character.
- system: That his majority was tiny was due to a stupid quirk of the electoral system.
Preposition: like
- phil: Taking his biggest quirk like phil like the olds these were shown.
