quirk
quirk
noun
/kwɜːk/
1 ​an aspect of somebody’s personality or behaviour that is a little strange
SYNONYM peculiarity
Everyone has their own little quirks and mannerisms.
Collocations
adjective
personal
personality
odd
verb + quirk
have
preposition
by a quirk of
quirk in
phrases
a quirk of fate
2 a strange thing that happens, especially by accident
By a strange quirk of fate they had booked into the same hotel.
an unpredictable quirk of history
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quirk
verb (quirks, quirked, quirked, quirking)
/kwɜːk/
transitive, intransitive (especially North American English)
​quirk (something) to twist your mouth or eyebrows suddenly; (of your mouth or eyebrows) to move in this way
David quirked an eyebrow and smirked slightly.
Her lips quirked suddenly.
Word Origin
early 16th cent. (as a verb): of unknown origin. The early sense of the noun was ‘subtle verbal twist, quibble’, later ‘unexpected twist’.