Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Related Searches
Leather quirt
Silent butler
Pie vent
Neck ruff
Bonnet
Cravat
Rotary phone
Bola
Nearby Words
quirboilly
quire
quirinal
quirinus
quirister
quiritation
quirite
quirk
quirk bead
quirk molding
quirk moulding
quirkest
quirkily
quirkiness
quirkish
quirky
quirkyalone
quirl
quiroga, horaci...
quirpele
quirt
quis custodiet ...
quis custodiet ...
quis separabit
quis separabit?
quiscalus
quiscalus quisc...
quish
quisling
quisling, vidku...
quislingism
quist
quit
quit claim
quit claim deed
quit of
quit rent
quit table
quit while is a...
quit while one ...
quit while one'...
quirt
[
kwurt
]
quirt
/
kwɜrt
/
Show Spelled
[
kwurt
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
a riding whip consisting of a short, stout stock and a lash of braided leather.
verb (used with object)
2.
to strike with a quirt.
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Quirt
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is
absquatulate
. Does it mean:
So is
kibitz
. Does it mean:
So is
peculate
. Does it mean:
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
to flee; abscond:
chat, to converse
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
LEARN MORE FUN, UNUSUAL VERBS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Origin:
1835–45,
Americanism
;
perhaps <
Spanish
cuerda
cord
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
quirt
Collins
World English Dictionary
quirt
(kwɜːt)
—
n
1.
a whip with a leather thong at one end
—
vb
2.
to strike with a quirt
[C19: from Spanish
cuerda
cord
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For
Quirt
People who can define
Quirt
may know
15,069
words, as many as a
5th grader.
How many words do you know?
Remove ads like these. Upgrade now!
Quote Of The Day
"If someday I make a dictionary of definitions wanting single words to head them, a cherished entry will be "To abridge, expand, or otherwise alter or cause to be altered for the sake of belated improvement, one's own writings in translation.""
-Vladimir Nabokov
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT