Synonyms of the word

quirk

• n. an idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something…
• n. (architecture) An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part…
• n. (archaic) A quibble, evasion, or subterfuge.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To move with a wry jerk.

channel

• n. The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
• n. The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
• n. The navigable part of a river.
• n. A narrow body of water between two land masses.
• n. That through which anything passes; means of conveying or transmitting.
• n. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
• n. (nautical, in the plural) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase…
• n. (electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
• n. (electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
• n. (communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
• n. (communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from…
• n. (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair…
• n. (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such…
• n. (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined…
• n. (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
• n. (storage) The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading…
• n. (technic) The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
• n. (business, marketing) A distribution channel.
• n. (Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chatroom and often dedicated…
• n. (Internet) An obsolete means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
• n. A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
• v. To direct the flow of something.
• v. To assume the personality of another person, typically a historic figure, in a theatrical or paranormal…
• n. (nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach…

crotchet

• n. (music) A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
• n. A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook (obsolete except in crochet hook).
• n. (archaic) a whim or a fancy.
• n. A forked support; a crotch.
• n. (military, historical) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is…
• n. (military) The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly…
• n. (printing) A square bracket.
• v. to make needlework by looping thread with a hooked needle; to crochet.
• v. (obsolete) to play music in measured time.

groove

• n. A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location…
• n. A fixed routine.
• n. The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
• n. A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
• n. (mining) A shaft or excavation.
• v. To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
• v. To create, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.

oddity

• n. An odd or strange thing or opinion.
• n. A strange person; an oddball.
• n. Strangeness.

queerness

• n. (uncountable) The quality of being queer or odd.
• n. (countable) Something queer; an oddity.
• n. (uncountable) The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to normal sexual identities.

quirkiness

• n. (uncountable) The state of being quirky.
• n. (countable) A specific quirky aspect of a person or thing.

strangeness

• n. (uncountable) The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.
• n. (countable) The product or result of being strange.
• n. (physics) one of the quantum numbers of subatomic particles that depends upon the relative number of strange…

twist

• n. A twisting force.
• n. Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
• n. The form given in twisting.
• n. The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
• n. A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
• n. A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
• n. A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
• n. A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
• n. An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
• n. A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See.
• n. A rotation of the body when diving.
• n. A sprain, especially to the ankle.
• n. (obsolete) A twig.
• n. (slang) A girl, a woman.
• n. (obsolete) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
• n. A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
• n. The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
• n. (obsolete, slang) A beverage made of brandy and gin.
• n. A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
• v. To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
• v. To join together by twining one part around another.
• v. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
• v. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
• v. (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
• v. To turn a knob etc.
• v. To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
• v. To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
• v. To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
• v. (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
• v. (transitive) To cause to rotate.
• v. (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
• v. (transitive) To coax.
• v. (card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.

unfamiliarity

• n. Lack of familiarity; ignorance or inexperience.