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n. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists” ( Harriet Beecher Stowe).

n. An unpredictable or unaccountable act or event; a vagary: a quirk of fate.

n. A sudden sharp turn or twist.

n. An equivocation; a quibble.

n. Architecture A lengthwise groove on a molding between the convex upper part and the soffit.

n. an idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone

n. An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a moulding and a soffit

n. A quibble, evasion, or subterfuge.

n. A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble.

n. A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice.

n. A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.

n. An irregular air.

n. A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink.

n. A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding.

n. A sharp turn or angle; a sudden twist.

n. Hence An artful turn for evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble: as, the quirks of a pettifogger.

n. A fit or turn; a short paroxysm.

n. A smart taunt or retort; a slight conceit or quibble; a quip; a flight of fancy.

n. Inclination; turn; peculiarity; humor; caprice.

n. A sudden turn or flourish in a musical air; a fantastic phrase.

n. In building, a piece taken out of any regular ground-plot or floor, as to make a court or yard, etc.: thus, if the ground-plan were square or oblong, and a piece were taken out of the corner, such piece is called a quirk.

n. In architecture, an acute angle or recess; a deep indentation; the incision under the abacus.

n. A pane of glass cut at the sides and top in the form of a rhomb.

n. In a grooving-plane, a projecting fillet on the sole or side, arranged to serve as a fence or gage for depth or distance.

To turn sharply.

To twist or turn; form into quirks.

To form or furnish with a quirk or channel.

To emit the breath forcibly after retaining it in violent exertion.

To grunt; complain.

n. a strange attitude or habit

v. twist or curve abruptly

n. a narrow groove beside a beading

"Basically, I don't think that dewarping the quirk is the point so much as working through the narrative logic is."

unfamiliarity    strangeness    twist    groove    channel   

bead and quirk    quirk molding    quirked molding    quirk bead   

quirky   

shift    quibble    caprice    witticism    prevarication    conceit    flourish   

Berk    Burk    Burke    Dirk    Kirk    Merc    Turk    berk    berserk    birk   

idiosyncrasy    half-smile    vagary    foible    whim    twitch    eccentricity    oddity    quip    aberration