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. A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot orfloor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink.Gwilt.
11. v:8/n:92 n. a narrow groove beside a beading v. twist or curve abruptly