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quirks

quirks is the plural of quirk.

quirks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of quirk.

Meaning of quirk

Noun

quirk (plural quirks)

  1. An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.
    • The car steers cleanly, but the gearshift has a few quirks.
    Synonyms:
    foible
  2. An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a molding and a soffit.
  3. (archaic) A quibble, evasion, or subterfuge.
    • Had you no quirk / To avoid gullage, sir, by such a creature?1605 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, [London]: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page)

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Phrases with quirks

Questions about quirks

What is quirks the plural of?
Quirks is the plural of quirk.

Words near quirks in the dictionary

  1. quirking
  2. quirkish
  3. quirkle
  4. quirkles
  5. quirkless
  6. quirks
  7. quirks mode
  8. quirks of fate
  9. quirksome
  10. quirky
  11. quirky subject

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quirks (page history and authors); quirk (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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