quirk

noun

ˈkwərk How to pronounce quirk (audio)
Definition of quirknext
as in trick
an odd or peculiar habit wearing red shoes every day is just one of her quirks

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Recent Examples of quirk Besides its unique quirks, the Tab A1 Plus offers some awesome AI add-ons to boost your productivity, fantastic 8MP cameras and speakers for video calls, and ultra-smooth performance. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026 However, Sergei Bobrovsky is — like a lot of goalies — superstitious, and one of his quirks has to do with being the first one on the ice. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 While Miller pores over Kaczynski’s famous manifesto, correctly concluding that its linguistic quirks will lead the authorities to him, the upshot of Murray’s study four decades before is that the young Kaczynski shows signs of schizophrenia. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 Life goes on, in all its quirks and intimacies and frivolities, no matter what horrors might lurk on the horizon. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quirk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quirk
  1. trick
  2. trait
  3. characteristic
  4. mannerism
  5. idiosyncrasy
  6. peculiarity
  7. eccentricity
  8. oddity
Noun
  • Kids can explore an inflatable corn maze, go trick-or-treating, face painting and more.
    — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Beamer’s acumen in the game’s third phase comes from father, Hall of Famer Frank Beamer, whose Virginia Tech teams won games by blocking kicks and using trick plays.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of trick
Noun
  • Each planet has its own little traits that affect how races can play out, once again playing into that idea of futuristic racing across a galaxy.
    — Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The abilities that gain value are traits of the creative class.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of trait
Noun
  • The result suggests that the crystal framework has the structural characteristics needed for fast lithium-ion transport.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Knowing someone's baseline characteristics is not the same as knowing what that person thinks about this decision today.
    — Leslie John, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of characteristic
Noun
  • Growing older, Christian inherited his father’s mannerisms and infectious energy and often wears a glittering Bad Boy chain around his neck, firmly tying himself to his father’s shadow.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Others noticed how similar Ella’s voice and mannerisms are to Bening’s.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of mannerism
Noun
  • With exceptional performances from the entire cast and homages to musical legends like Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson, Bioh and White present a reflection of the Black female experience in all of its dazzling idiosyncrasies, triumphs and pains.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Two new books argue that this is the wrong debate to be having, since swing voters, with all their idiosyncrasies, don’t see politics through a lens of moderates versus progressives.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of idiosyncrasy
Noun
  • Premium formats are creating a delta there, which addresses a peculiarity of this — uniform pricing.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
  • By contrast, modern proponents of the existence of a ninth planet focus their searches further out, looking instead to orbital peculiarities in smaller objects that occupy the distant reaches of the solar system.
    — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of peculiarity
Noun
  • But the scenes of Roy using household objects to relay the action of the game (accompanied by twinkling music) push Keeley beyond the limits of eccentricity.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026
  • This vast misshapen island was traditionally noted for ghosts, folktales, eccentricity, fish, and friendliness.
    — Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of eccentricity
Noun
  • Many directors now synonymous with the genre — John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper, David Cronenberg, Sam Raimi — started out with small, regional oddities.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Maybe in little dribs or drabs here and there, but as some oddity on the margins of Silicon Valley society.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of oddity

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“Quirk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quirk. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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