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Definitions for Quirk

[1] a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism: He is full of strange quirks.
[2] a shift, subterfuge, or evasion; quibble.
[3] a sudden twist or turn: He lost his money by a quirk of fate.
[4] a flourish or showy stroke, as in writing.
[5] Architecture . an acute angle or channel, as one dividing two parts of a molding or one dividing a flush bead from the adjoining surfaces. an area taken from a larger area, as a room or a plot of ground. an enclosure for this area.
[6] Obsolete . a clever or witty remark; quip.
[7] formed with a quirk or channel, as a molding.
[8] an individual peculiarity of character; mannerism or foible
[9] an unexpected twist or turn a quirk of fate
[10] a continuous groove in an architectural moulding
[11] a flourish, as in handwriting

Words related to Quirk

twist, vagary, habit, trait, aberration, kink, characteristic, peculiarity, mannerism, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, foible, whim, humor, crotchet, conceit, whimsy, fancy, caprice, turn

Words nearby Quirk

quipu, quire, quirinal, quirinus, quirites, quirk, quirky, quirt, quis custodiet ipsos custodes?, quis separabit?, quisling

Origin of Quirk

First recorded in 1540–50; origin uncertain

Words that may be confused with Quirk

quark, quirk

Word origin for Quirk

C16: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Quirk

aberration, characteristic, eccentricity, foible, habit, idiosyncrasy, kink, mannerism, peculiarity, trait, twist, vagary, caprice, conceit, crotchet, equivocation, fancy, fetish, humor, irregularity, knack, quibble, singularity, subterfuge, turn, whim, whimsy, idée fixe