The Meaning of quirk

• (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.
• (n.) A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice.
• (n.) A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.
• (n.) An irregular air; as, light quirks of music.
• (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.
• (n.) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding.

Synonyms

oddity , queerness , quirkiness , crotchet

Homophones

quirke

Rhymes

artwork , ataturk , beadwork , berch , berk , berke , berserk , birk , bjerke , bourke , brushwork , burck , burk , burke , casework , cirque , clerk , clockwork , declerck , declercq , declerk , declerque , deklerk , derk , dirk , earthwork , erck , erk , ferch , fieldwork , firework , footwork , framework , gerk , gerke , groundwork , guesswork , handiwork , herk , homework , housework , irk , jerk , kirch , kirk , klerk , kurk , latticework , leclerc , legwork , lerch , lurk , mcgurk , merc , merck , merk , metalwork , murch , murk , needlework , network , openwork , overwork , paperwork , patchwork , perk , piecework , plasterwork , purk , quirke , rework , roadwork , schoolwork , sherk , shirk , sirk , smirk , spadework , sterk , sturc , teamwork , turk , werk , werke , woodwork , work , yerke , zirk