Quirk - English meaning

noun

A sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behaviour.

Usage examples:

The caprices of the electorate

noun

(the quality of often having) a sudden and usually silly wish to have or do something, or a sudden and silly change of mind or behaviour

Usage examples:

The $300 million palace was built to satisfy the caprice of one man.

adjective

Typical of a particular person, place, or thing.

Usage examples:

He began with a characteristic attack on extremism

noun

A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them.

Usage examples:

Certain defining characteristics of the school emerge from the study

noun

A typical or noticeable quality of someone or something

Usage examples:

Unfortunately a big nose is a family characteristic., sentimentality seems a characteristic of all …

noun

Excessive pride in oneself.

Usage examples:

He was puffed up with conceit

noun

The habit or attitude of thinking yourself better than others, even when there is no reason to think so

Usage examples:

He’s a great musician, and not conceited at all.

noun

The state of being too proud of yourself and your actions

Usage examples:

The conceit of that man is incredible!

noun

A note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve or half a minim, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem.

Usage examples:

The process was simple: composers strictly followed the metre of the verse, setting long, accented …

noun

A musical note with a time value equal to two quavers or half a minim

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The time signature is a guide to the number of minims, crotchets, and quavers there are in a bar., …

noun

A personal opinion or habit

Usage examples:

She had her crotchets, and she expressed them without hesitation., he has some crotchets which are …

noun

The quality of being eccentric.

Usage examples:

The eccentricity of his views

noun

The state of being eccentric

Usage examples:

His eccentricity now extends to never washing or changing his clothes., her eccentricities get stra…

noun

An eccentric action

Usage examples:

Her eccentricities get stranger by the day.

noun

An intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived; a craze.

Usage examples:

Some regard green politics as no more than the latest fad

abbreviation

Flavin adenine dinucleotide, a coenzyme derived from riboflavin and important in various metabolic reactions.

noun

A style or activity that suddenly becomes popular but which usually does not stay popular for very long

Usage examples:

He thought computers would be just a fad.

adjective

Elaborate in structure or decoration.

Usage examples:

The furniture was very fancy

verb

Feel a desire or liking for.

Usage examples:

Do you fancy a drink?

noun

A superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction.

Usage examples:

This was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by

noun

A distinctive attribute or aspect of something.

Usage examples:

A well-appointed house with interesting decorative features

verb

Have as a prominent attribute or aspect.

Usage examples:

The hotel features a large lounge, a sauna, and a coin-operated solarium

noun

A noticeable or important characteristic or part

Usage examples:

This car has excellent safety features., she has fine, delicate features (= parts of the face)., th…

noun

A minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character.

Usage examples:

They have to tolerate each other's little foibles

phrase

A minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character

noun

A small fault or foolish habit

Usage examples:

We all have our little foibles.

noun

A settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.

Usage examples:

He has an annoying habit of interrupting me

verb

Be dressed or clothed.

Usage examples:

A boy habited as a serving lad

noun

A particular act or way of acting that you tend to do regularly

Usage examples:

[ u ] judy is in the habit of sleeping late on sundays., [ u ] i have the habit of checking my e-ma…

noun

A mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual.

Usage examples:

One of his little idiosyncrasies was always preferring to be in the car first

noun

A sharp twist or curve in something that is otherwise straight.

Usage examples:

A kink in the road

verb

Form or cause to form a sharp twist or curve.

Usage examples:

The river kinks violently in a right angle

noun

A sharp twist or bend in something such as a wire or rope

Usage examples:

There was a kink in the hose and the water wouldn’t come through., the system will work fine once w…

noun

A habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving.

Usage examples:

Learning the great man's speeches and studying his mannerisms

noun

Something that a person does repeatedly with the face, hands, or voice, esp. a habit that the person is not aware of

Usage examples:

We’ve spent so much time together that we’ve picked up each other’s mannerisms.

noun

Something that a person does repeatedly with their face, hands, or voice, and that they may not realize they are doing

Usage examples:

He's got some very strange mannerisms., we've spent so much time together that we've picked up each…

noun

A conception of or belief about something.

Usage examples:

Children have different notions about the roles of their parents

noun

A belief or idea

Usage examples:

Nast helped form the american notion of santa claus.

noun

The state of being obsessed with someone or something.

Usage examples:

She cared for him with a devotion bordering on obsession

noun

A strange or peculiar person or thing.

Usage examples:

She was regarded as a bit of an oddity

noun

Someone or something that is strange and unusual

Usage examples:

As one of the few women in engineering in the 1950s, she was considered an oddity.

noun

A strange or unusual feature or habit.

Usage examples:

For all his peculiarities, she finds him quite endearing

noun

A distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.

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The traditionally british trait of self-denigration

noun

An unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behaviour.

Usage examples:

The vagaries of the weather

noun

A sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained.

Usage examples:

She bought it on a whim

noun

Playfully quaint or fanciful behaviour or humour.

Usage examples:

The film is an awkward blend of whimsy and moralizing

noun

Something playful and amusing

Usage examples:

[ u ] the second book is as full of happy whimsy as the first.