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QUIRK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A narrow groove beside a beading

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("quirk" is a kind of...):

channel; groove (a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A strange attitude or habit

Synonyms:

crotchet; oddity; queerness; quirk; quirkiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("quirk" is a kind of...):

strangeness; unfamiliarity (unusualness as a consequence of not being well known)

Derivation:

quirky ((informal) strikingly unconventional)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Twist or curve abruptly

Example:

She quirked her head in a peculiar way

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "quirk" is one way to...):

twist (turn in the opposite direction)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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