quirk
quirk Lexical Profile
quirk Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A peculiar behavioral habit, trait, or mannerism that is distinctive to a particular person or thing.
"One of his endearing quirks is organizing all of his books by cover color rather than by author."
A strange, unexpected, or accidental turn of events or circumstance.
"By a strange quirk of fate, the two childhood friends ended up booking seats on the exact same flight twenty years later."
An acute, recessed groove or channel separating a convex molding from an adjacent flat surface or other molding in architecture.
"The restoration carpenter carefully chiseled a narrow quirk along the edge of the classical bead molding."
• verb
To curve, twist, or arch suddenly upward or to one side (especially of a person's mouth or eyebrow).
"She quirked an eyebrow in mild amusement when she heard his improbable excuse."