QUIRK
\kwˈɜːk], \kwˈɜːk], \k_w_ˈɜː_k]\
Definitions of QUIRK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice.
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A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.
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An irregular air; as, light quirks of music.
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A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; - sometimes written quink.
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A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding.
By Noah Webster.
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A sudden twist, turn, or curve, as of the pen in writing; a flourish; an artful avoidance of the truth in speaking; a quibble; smart answer.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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