Quirk — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a strange attitude or habit

a narrow groove beside a beading

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kwˈɜːk/

🇬🇧British English

/kwˈɜːk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kwˈɜːk/

1 syllable Say it as /kwˈɜːk/.

Examples

She quirked her head in a peculiar way

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

crotchet quirkiness queerness oddity

Parts of Speech

noun	a strange attitude or habit
noun	a narrow groove beside a beading
verb	twist or curve abruptly “She quirked her head in a peculiar way”

Word Forms

queer	adjective	beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
quirky	adjective	informal terms; strikingly unconventional
crotchety	adjective	having a difficult and contrary disposition; - Dorothy Sayers

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Marotte

eine seltsame Einstellung oder Gewohnheit

🇫🇷French

bizarrerie

une attitude ou une habitude étrange

🇪🇸Spanish

capricho

una actitud o hábito extraño

🇮🇹Italian

stranezza

uno strano atteggiamento o abitudine

🇳🇱Dutch

gril

een vreemde houding of gewoonte

🇵🇹Portuguese

peculiaridade

uma atitude ou hábito estranho

🇷🇺Russian

галтель

странное отношение или привычка

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मोड़

एक अजीब रवैया या आदत

🇧🇩Bengali

কৌতুক

একটি অদ্ভুত মনোভাব বা অভ্যাস

🇮🇳Tamil

வினோதம்

ஒரு விசித்திரமான அணுகுமுறை அல்லது பழக்கம்

🇮🇳Telugu

చమత్కారము

ఒక వింత వైఖరి లేదా అలవాటు

🇮🇳Marathi

विचित्रपणा

एक विचित्र वृत्ती किंवा सवय

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિચિત્રતા

એક વિચિત્ર વલણ અથવા ટેવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚಮತ್ಕಾರ

ವಿಚಿತ್ರ ವರ್ತನೆ ಅಥವಾ ಅಭ್ಯಾಸ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിചിത്രം

ഒരു വിചിത്രമായ മനോഭാവം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ശീലം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਿਅੰਗ

ਇੱਕ ਅਜੀਬ ਰਵੱਈਆ ਜਾਂ ਆਦਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

نرالا

ایک عجیب رویہ یا عادت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

怪癖

奇怪的态度或习惯

🇯🇵Japanese

癖のある

奇妙な態度や習慣

🇰🇷Korean

경구

이상한 태도나 습관

🇻🇳Vietnamese

kỳ quặc

một thái độ hoặc thói quen kỳ lạ

🇹🇭Thai

เล่นโวหาร

ทัศนคติหรือนิสัยแปลก ๆ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kekhasan

sikap atau kebiasaan yang aneh

🇵🇭Filipino

kakaiba

kakaibang ugali o ugali

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كويرك

موقف أو عادة غريبة

🇮🇷Persian

عجیب و غریب

نگرش یا عادت عجیب

🇹🇷Turkish

tuhaflık

garip bir tutum veya alışkanlık

🇮🇱Hebrew

שִׁגָעוֹן

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