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
Taliesin is an amalgamation of Wright’s ideas, life events, and quirks.
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
By listening to Lemme Say This, for example, audiences get to know about Harris and Dix’s core college memories, past relationships, and parental quirks.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 10 Apr. 2025
All mechanical conveyances have their quirks, and quirky bikes are the rule.
—Chris Cona, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
Gravitational Lensing Explained The strange, exceedingly rare object was found using one of the strangest quirks of nature — a gravitational lens.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
By listening to Lemme Say This, for example, audiences get to know about Harris and Dix’s core college memories, past relationships, and parental quirks.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 10 Apr. 2025
All mechanical conveyances have their quirks, and quirky bikes are the rule.
—Chris Cona, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
Gravitational Lensing Explained The strange, exceedingly rare object was found using one of the strangest quirks of nature — a gravitational lens.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quirk
Noun
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The trick is to find multiple locations that are close enough together and decide on a menu that feels cohesive.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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The trick will be whether the Bruins are paying for a career year or reliable future performance.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
Noun
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Essential traits of a successful partnership include trust, open communication and aligned objectives.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
5 May 2025
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Evergreen shrubs provide year-round privacy, while deciduous shrubs add ornamental traits such as flowers and fall foliage.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Users still can't control the number of speakers, their demographic characteristics, accents, or conversation length.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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In 2010, for example, literary scholar Julie Brown suggested that renowned American poet Emily Dickinson had characteristics – such as sensory issues, social quirkiness and a savant’s command of language – that align with those of some individuals on the autism spectrum.—
Bradley J. Irish,
The Conversation,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Thin with effeminate mannerisms, Mulumba, who is Ugandan American, grew up in a yellow house in Westchester with six siblings; their mother; and their father, Dr. Joseph Kazigo, a surgeon.—
John J. Lennon,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2025
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Fans of the film noticed the similarities between the actor and his character’s mannerisms, which surprised the Deadpool actor.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Possibly connected to the case which scared James into hiding, Russell (Dipo Ola) serves as the audience’s stand-in, responding to all of his new partner’s idiosyncrasies with a mixture of bewilderment and awe.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2025
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Japan has some idiosyncrasies about its business culture that make faxing essential, such as the use of a personal seal or hanko, which is used in place of a personal signature, as well as the high value assigned to documents.—
Tamsin Gable,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This Texas peculiarity is especially confounding to Democratic legislators in Sacramento and Springfield, who would never dream of allowing Republicans to do likewise in California and Illinois, states where Democrats have legislative supermajorities like the GOP does in Texas.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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But that’s a decline with some peculiarities.—
Evan Clark,
WWD,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In the mornings, Pauline would take beach walks, a picture of eccentricity in huge, bright satin duchess Balenciaga coats over matching capri pants and slippers.—
Ralph Rucci,
Robb Report,
20 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, pretty much everybody at the Ravens’ facility has a story to tell about Humphrey’s eccentricity.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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These are something of an oddity in the Intel line-up, being the only processors to have memory integrated into the processor package, and the only ones to contain the Intel Arc 130V and 140V graphics chips.—
Barry Collins,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Goodwill bins, which are essentially the last stop for unsold thrift store items, are known for yielding everything from vintage treasures to bizarre oddities.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Quirk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quirk. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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