quirk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: quirk	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for quirk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quirk n a strange attitude or habit [syn: oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet] a narrow groove beside a beading v twist or curve abruptly; "She quirked her head in a peculiar way"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Some quirk or . . . evasion.[b8] --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.] [bd]Quirks of joy and grief.[b8] --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.