as in trick
an odd or peculiar habit
wearing red shoes every day is just one of her quirks
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as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
the waitress styles her hair in a quirky way that always gets her remembered by customers
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Recent Examples of quirk
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 July 2025
As homeowners continue to invest in modernizing older properties, surprising discoveries—like this one—highlight the architectural quirks of century-old residences.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Emily St. Martin, Oc Register, 31 July 2025
Iconic streets known for housing quirky businesses have been slowly seeing those businesses replaced by big brands.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Noun
Not that there aren’t a few high quirks and personality chuckles along the way.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 July 2025
As homeowners continue to invest in modernizing older properties, surprising discoveries—like this one—highlight the architectural quirks of century-old residences.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Adjective
Courtney begins working in the shop incognito and that’s when a quirky meet-cute unfolds: Thea Quinn is frightened by a pet lizard and lets out a blood-curdling scream.
—Emily St. Martin, Oc Register, 31 July 2025
Iconic streets known for housing quirky businesses have been slowly seeing those businesses replaced by big brands.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quirk
Noun
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From fashion tips and tricks to tween and teen hair and nails, our back-to-school style guide has a little bit of everything.—
Kimberly Zapata,
Parents,
29 July 2025
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Over the years, Johnson has learned some tricks to help acquaint himself with new colleagues, from researching the background of management or coaches or looking up teammates on Madden to know a bit about their game.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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Sony and Microsoft and the PC world can keep playing the cutting-edge hardware competition while Nintendo luxuriates in its bizarre boutique silo, unbothered, moisturized, in its lane, consistently content with winning its own solo race.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The pair then embark on a harrowing adventure, with Luke slowly turning into the most bizarre father figure ever.—
Elliott Smith,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
Noun
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Her signature ultra-thin, arched eyebrows, a style trait belonging to her renowned ’90s aesthetic, were kept intact, while her lips glowed as if they’d been coated in a thin layer of chapstick.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
29 July 2025
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Along those same lines, calling specific traits of genes good, could also cause people to look at other people who don’t have those genes in a lesser light.—
Sonia Thompson,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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When something bad happens, five seconds later, something funny in life happens.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 July 2025
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Chuck Lorre is back with yet another laugh-out-loud funny show to add to his TV universe.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
31 July 2025
Noun
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Sometimes an offense takes on the characteristics of its most distinguishable member - only the Brewers have a lower team average exit speed than the Padres, and only a handful of clubs hit more line drives, as the club mimics the tendencies of Luis Arraez.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Felix Brill, chief investment officer at VP Bank, agrees that the SGD has many characteristics of a modern safe haven, including macroeconomic stability, strong institutions, a large current account surplus, and low political risk.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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The ever-shifting phases of Earth's moon present a wealth of targets for amateur astronomers to explore, ranging from magnificent craters and lunar seas to strange visual phenomena created as sunlight plays across the ancient surface, forming familiar shapes where none should be.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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So, the strange powder got a chemical foot in the door.—
David Szondy
August 02,
New Atlas,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Disney Imagineers also studied muscle structure and nuances of speaking and gesturing, to mimic Walt Disney’s mannerisms and movements.—
Natasha Chen,
CNN Money,
17 July 2025
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The Walt animatronic looks authentic and natural while capturing the appearance, movements and mannerisms of a man considered one of the 100 most influential people of the last century.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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The Earrings of Madame de… is a weird morality tale—heavy on dramatic irony, and EXCELLENT dresses.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
1 Aug. 2025
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Because this is college football, there are lots of weird details.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Quirk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quirk. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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