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Querk vs. Quirk

Querk and Quirk Definitions

Querk

(transitive) To throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate.

Quirk

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

Querk

(intransitive) To grunt, croak, squeal; to moan, complain; to sigh, huff; to emit a breath forcibly, as after great exertion.

Quirk

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

Querk

To die.

Quirk

A sudden sharp turn or twist
A quirk of the head.
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Quirk

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

Quirk

(Archaic) An equivocation; a quibble.

Quirk

An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.
The car steers cleanly, but the gearshift has a few quirks.

Quirk

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

Quirk

(archaic) A quibble, evasion, or subterfuge.

Quirk

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) move with a wry jerk.
He quirked an eyebrow.
The corners of her mouth quirked.
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Quirk

To furnish with a quirk or channel.

Quirk

To use verbal tricks or quibbles.

Quirk

A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger.
We ground the justification of our nonconformity on dark subtilties and intricate quirks.

Quirk

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

Quirk

A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.
Some odd quirks and remnants of wit.

Quirk

An irregular air; as, light quirks of music.
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Quirk

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

Quirk

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

Quirk

A strange attitude or habit

Quirk

A narrow groove beside a beading

Quirk

Twist or curve abruptly;
She quirked her head in a peculiar way

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