Term Gallery logo

Meanings of quirk in English

Catalan
peculiaritat
Spanish
excentricidad

A strange attitude or habit.

        peculiaritat
        Synonyms
        Examples for "oddity"
        Examples for "oddity"
        1
        But in terms of story and overall impact, this oddity definitely reeks.
        Reuters
        2
        But the oddity in the present case was that he said nothing.
        Wilfrid Cumbermede
        3
        Kesseley felt like the human oddity at the fair-comicalby simply existing.
        Rakes and radishes
        4
        Indeed, he at once began to carry on Bilbo's reputation for oddity.
        The lord of the rings
        5
        But otherwise, it's just an oddity that I'm sure you'll forget about.
        Year Zero
        1
        The queerness of the situation and the reply, made Mrs. Haggert laugh.
        The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
        2
        The queerness of the situation and the reply, made Mrs. Landys-Haggert laugh.
        Plain Tales from the Hills
        3
        The flash of queerness was accompanied by a sense of irreparable disaster.
        Mary Olivier: a Life
        4
        But that is not the Hawaiian queerness I started out to tell.
        The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
        5
        That'd be a way of accounting for your queerness, more or less.
        Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
        1
        Good enough for him for having such a crotchet in his head.
        Between Whiles
        2
        What crotchet has that swaggering booby got in his numskull, I wonder?
        The Robbers
        3
        You are wondering at the name 'Craigie Cottage'-anothercrotchet of my father's.
        Dead Man's Rock
        4
        What particular crotchet could he have been humoring in this case?
        Idolatry: A Romance
        5
        Each of us has his own crotchet, which differs from the other man's.
        The Parisians — Complete
        1
        The image's quirkiness is in keeping with Belgium's self-deprecating, ironic, national style.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Roberts' election is yet another demonstration of the quirkiness of Australia's electoral system.
        The Guardian
        3
        Some days, her mom's quirkiness was just what the doctor ordered.
        Eve of darkness
        4
        After all, it's really none of my business that you dislike my quirkiness.
        Ebony
        5
        This area's human quirkiness had long since failed to impress or shock him.
        Creepers
        Usage of quirk in English
        1
        Gordon had stumbled onto his new survival plan by quirk and coincidence.
        The Postman
        2
        A seasonal quirk could account for last month's less-than-expected increase in employment.
        Reuters
        3
        What once set us apart, we hoped, would become a lovable quirk.
        Wired
        4
        This is how I found out another quirk in my physical characteristics.
        Stories: all-new tales
        5
        I also like simple, well-made stuff with a side order of quirk.
        The Irish Times
        6
        She met their astonished gaze with an ironic quirk of the eyebrow.
        Book of lost threads
        7
        In a quirk of genetic hopscotch, the traits have skipped a generation.
        Those who save us
        8
        It was a quirk of her personality she'd learned to live with.
        Rock my world
        9
        When does a habit, a quirk or an eccentricity become a custom?
        The Irish Times
        10
        That, and he had another quirk that seemed safer to pick on.
        Coyote dreams
        11
        The film's pervasive broad humor reeks of a desperate attempt at quirk.
        The Guardian
        12
        His smile was slow, but brief, more a quirk of the lips.
        Here comes trouble
        13
        That little quirk to his mouth faded, making his face very serious.
        Four dukes and a devil
        14
        Ireland has a strange quirk to its access to information laws.
        The Irish Times
        15
        Another cool quirk: all the individuals collected in this new species were female.
        Wired
        16
        Royal rule in the 21st century is a quirk of history.
        The Irish Times
        About this term
        More collocations
        Translations for quirk
        Quirk through the time
        Quirk across language varieties
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Common