quirk
verb/kwɜːk/
/kwɜːrk/
[transitive, intransitive] (especially North American English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they quirk | /kwɜːk/ /kwɜːrk/ |
| he / she / it quirks | /kwɜːks/ /kwɜːrks/ |
| past simple quirked | /kwɜːkt/ /kwɜːrkt/ |
| past participle quirked | /kwɜːkt/ /kwɜːrkt/ |
| -ing form quirking | /ˈkwɜːkɪŋ/ /ˈkwɜːrkɪŋ/ |
- quirk (something) to twist your mouth or eyebrows suddenly; (of your mouth or eyebrows) to move in this way
- David quirked an eyebrow and smirked slightly.
- Her lips quirked suddenly.
Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a verb): of unknown origin. The early sense of the noun was ‘subtle verbal twist, quibble’, later ‘unexpected twist’.
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