quirk /ˈkwɝk/
雙關語,俏皮話,警句
Quirk n. [Written also querk.]
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.”
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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quirk
n 1: a strange attitude or habit [syn: oddity, queerness, quirkiness,
crotchet]
2: a narrow groove beside a beading
v : twist or curve abruptly; "She quirked her head in a peculiar
way"