quirk

noun

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

   “The car steers cleanly, but the gearshift has a few quirks.”

2. An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a molding and a soffit.
3. (archaic)A quibble, evasion, or subterfuge.

   “Had you no quirk / To avoid gullage, sir, by such a creature?”

   “Let us not be too curious in prying into Gods arke, leaſt vve ſmart like the flie fluttering about the candle, for God is a conſuming fire to thoſe that vvill be ſporting themſelves in the quirks of their vvit about his ſacred myſteries.”

verb

1. (ambitransitive)To (cause to) move with a wry jerk.

   “He quirked an eyebrow.”

   “The corners of her mouth quirked.”

   “He quirked his lips playfully.”

2. (transitive)To furnish with a quirk or channel.
3. To alter in a unique and unusual way.

   “But in the dream the forms are quirked by the peculiar troubles of the dreamer, whereas in myth the problems and solutions shown are directly valid for all mankind.”

4. (archaic, intransitive)To use verbal tricks or quibbles.

   “I have stung her and wrung her, The venom is working;— And if you had hung her With canting and quirking, She could not be deader than she will be soon”

5. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of querk.

name

1. A surname.

   “Assemblymember Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) has introduced a bill to address power outages caused by metallic film balloons when they come into contact with powerlines.”