English-Thai Dictionary

quirk

N การ พลิกผัน อย่าง ฉับพลัน (เโชคชะตา  เหตุการณ์ พลิกผัน  kan-pik-pan-yang-chab-pan

 

quirk

N การ พูด เล่นสำนวน  คำพูด หลบเลี่ยง  คำพูด ตลบตะแลง  การ พูด อำพราง ความจริง  vagary whim oddity kan-phud-len-sam-nuan

 

quirk

N การเขียน เล่นหาง ตัวอักษร  kan-kian-len-hang-tua-ak-son

 

quirk

N พฤติกรรม ประหลาด ของ คน  ท่าทาง แปลกประหลาด ของ คน  prued-ti-kam-pra-lad-kong-kon

 

quirk up

PHRV เลิก คิ้ว  ขมวดคิ้ว  lok-kil

 

quirkily

ADV อย่าง พลิกผัน  อย่าง ตลบตะแลง  yang-pik-pan

 

quirkiness

N ความ พลิกผัน  ความ ตลบตะแลง  kwam-pik-pan

 

quirky

ADJ ซึ่ง แปลกๆ  idiosyncratic sueng-plek-plek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUIRK

n.quurk. 1. Literally, a turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful turn for evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as the quirks of a pettifogger.
2. A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; as a quirk of joy or grief.
3. A smart taunt or retort.
I may chance to have some odd quirks and remnants of wit broken on me.
4. A slight conceit or quibble.
5. A flight of fancy. [Not in use. ]
6. An irregular air; as light quirks of music.
7. In building, a piece of ground taken out of any regular ground-plot or floor, as to mark a court or yard, etc.

 

QUIRKISH

a. 1. Consisting of quirks, turns, quibbles or artful evasions.
2. Resembling a quirk.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUIRK

QUIRK Quirk, n. [Written also querk. ] Etym: [Cf W. chwiori to turn briskly, or E. queer. ]

 

1. 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. "Some quirk or. .. evasion. " Spenser. We ground the justification of our nonconformity on dark subtilties and intricate quirks. Barrow.

 

2. A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice. [Obs. ] "Quirks of joy and grief. " Shak.

 

3. A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit. Some odd quirks and remnants of wit. Shak.

 

4. An irregular air; as, light quirks of music. Pope.

 

5. (Building )

 

Defn: A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc. ; -- sometimes written quink. Gwilt.

 

6. (Arch. )

 

Defn: A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding. Quirk molding, a bead between two quirks.

 

QUIRKED

QUIRKED Quirked, a.

 

Defn: Having, or formed with, a quirk or quirks.

 

QUIRKISH

QUIRKISH Quirk "ish

 

Defn:, Consisting of quirks; resembling a quirk. Barrow.

 

QUIRKY

QUIRKY Quirk "y, a.

 

Defn: Full of quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quirk

quirk |kwərk kwərk | ▶noun 1 a peculiar behavioral habit: his distaste for travel is an endearing quirk. • a strange chance occurrence: a strange quirk of fate had led her to working for Nathan. • a sudden twist, turn, or curve: wry humor put a slight quirk in his mouth. 2 Architecture an acute hollow between convex or other moldings. ▶verb (with reference to a person's mouth or eyebrow ) move or twist suddenly, esp. to express surprise or amusement. DERIVATIVES quirk ish adjective ORIGIN early 16th cent. (as a verb ): of unknown origin. The early sense of the noun was ‘subtle verbal twist, quibble, ’ later ‘unexpected twist. ’

 

quirky

quirk y |ˈkwərkē ˈkwərki | ▶adjective ( quirkier, quirkiest ) characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits: her sense of humor was decidedly quirky. DERIVATIVES quirk i ly |-kəlē |adverb, quirk i ness |-kēnis |noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

quirk

quirk |kwəːk | ▶noun 1 a peculiar aspect of a person's character or behaviour: they accepted her attitude as one of her little quirks. • a strange chance occurrence: a strange quirk of fate had led her to working for Nathan. • a sudden twist, turn, or curve: wry humour put a slight quirk in his mouth. 2 Architecture an acute hollow between convex or other mouldings. ▶verb (with reference to a person's mouth or eyebrow ) move or twist suddenly, especially to express surprise or amusement: [ no obj. ] : his lips quirked disbelievingly. DERIVATIVES quirkish adjective ORIGIN early 16th cent. (as a verb ): of unknown origin. The early sense of the noun was ‘subtle verbal twist, quibble ’, later ‘unexpected twist ’.

 

quirky

quirky |ˈkwəːki | ▶adjective ( quirkier, quirkiest ) having or characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits or aspects: her sense of humour was decidedly quirky. DERIVATIVES quirkily adverb, quirkiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

quirk

quirk noun 1 they all know his quirks: idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity, foible, whim, vagary, caprice, fancy, crotchet, habit, characteristic, trait, fad; informal hang-up. 2 a quirk of fate: chance, fluke, freak, anomaly, twist.

 

quirky

quirky adjective her quirky outfits: eccentric, idiosyncratic, unconventional, unorthodox, unusual, strange, bizarre, peculiar, odd, outlandish, zany; informal wacky, freaky, kinky, way-out, far out, kooky, offbeat. ANTONYMS conventional. WORD TOOLKIT See eccentric . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them. WORD NOTE quirky Just as the British use clever as a backhanded insult, meaning “merely clever, not actually intelligent or thoughtful, ” quirky is often used to mean “mildly and harmlessly peculiar ” with “and totally uninteresting ” implied. I hate quirky and hate having it applied to my own writing. I would rather receive a negative review that didn't use this word than a rave that did. — DA Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

quirk

quirk noun 1 he likes working with people he knows because they know his quirks: idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity, foible, whim, whimsy, notion, conceit, vagary, caprice, fancy, kink, crotchet, mannerism, habit, characteristic, trait, feature, obsession, fad; French idée fixe; informal hang-up, thing; rare singularity. 2 by a quirk of history they were related to seven American presidents: chance, fluke, freak, anomaly, unusual occurrence, turn, peculiar turn of events, twist, twist of fate.

 

quirky

quirky adjective he had this quirky sense of humour: eccentric, idiosyncratic, unconventional, unorthodox, unusual, strange, bizarre, weird, peculiar, odd, freakish, outlandish, offbeat, out of the ordinary, Bohemian, alternative, zany; French outré; informal wacky, freaky, kinky, way-out, far out, kooky, oddball, off the wall; N. Amer. informal in left field; bizarro. ANTONYMS conventional. WORD TOOLKIT quirky See eccentric . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

quirk

quirk /kwəː r k /名詞 C 1 ひねり, 曲がり, ゆがみ .2 (行動 考えなどの )奇抜さ, 気まぐれ, 奇癖 ▸ by a quirk of fate 運命の気まぐれで 3 逃げ口上, 言い抜け, 言い逃れ .4 (文字の )飾り書き .5 〘建 〙(くり形の )深い溝 .

 

quirky

quirk y /kwə́ː r ki /形容詞 癖のある, 独特の .qu í rk i ly 副詞 qu í rk i ness 名詞