Thesaurus: quirk

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1. n. 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. n. A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice.
3. n. A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.
4. n. An irregular air; as, light quirks of music.
5. n. 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. n. A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding.
7. n. a strange attitude or habit
8. n. a narrow groove beside a beading
9. v. twist or curve abruptly
10. 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. We ground the justification of our nonconformity on dark subtilties and intricate quirks. Barrow. 2. A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice. [Obs.] "Quirks of joy and grief." Shak. 3. A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit. Some odd quirks and remnants of wit. Shak. 4. An irregular air; as, light quirks of music. Pope. 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. 6. (Arch.) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding. Quirk molding, a bead between two quirks.
11. A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot orfloor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink.Gwilt.
12. v:8/n:92 n. a narrow groove beside a beading v. twist or curve abruptly