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Definition of Quirk

Quirk
Quirk Quirk, n. [Written also querk.] [Cf W. chwiori to turn briskly, or E. queer.] 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.

Meaning of Quirk from wikipedia

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- charles randolph quirk, baron quirk, cbe , fba (born 12 july 1920) is a british linguist early life and career: quirk was born at lambfell,
- john quirk (18 may 1870 – 13 december 1938) was an australian politician. he was born at balmain in sydney to dairyman john quirk and
- bryan quirk (born 26 december 1946) is a former australian rules football er in the victorian football league . he was recruited from
- the term is often used to express eccentricity or peculiarity a synonym may be w:quirk , quirk . etymology: the term idiosyncrasy originates
- james patrick quirk (icon , ˈ , k , w , ɜr , k; born october 22, 1954) is a former major league baseball catcher and current bench coach
- quirks & quarks (quirks) is the award-winning canadian weekly science news program heard over cbc radio one of the canadian broadcasting
- quirk books is an independent book publisher based in philadelphia , pennsylvania , united states . the company was founded by david
- in computing , quirks mode refers to a technique used by some web browser s for the sake of maintaining backward compatibility with web
- john shirley-quirk cbe (born 28 august 1931) is an english bass-baritone . he was born in liverpool , england , and sang in his high school