- 1an aspect of someone's personality or behavior that is a little strange synonym peculiarity Everyone has their own little quirks and mannerisms.
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- 2a strange thing that happens, especially by accident By a strange quirk of fate they had reserved rooms at the same hotel. an unpredictable quirk of history
adjective a quirky sense of humorSee quirk in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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