Meaning of "quirt" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUIRT

From Spanish cuerdacord.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF QUIRT

quirt  [kwɜːt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUIRT

Quirt is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb quirt in English.

WHAT DOES QUIRT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Quirt

A quirt is a forked type of stock whip which usually has two falls at the end. Sometimes called a riding quirt, horse quirt or a dog quirt. The falls on a quirt are made of leather, buffalo, or cow hide. The core of the quirt is usually a leather bag filled with lead shot, the main part including the handle is often made from braided rawhide, leather or kangaroo hide and is usually somewhat stiff but flexible. The old style horse quirt is still carried by some Western horsemen and this is the style of quirt seen in the early Western cowboy films. The quirt, due to its slow action, is not particularly effective as a riding aid for horses, though at times it has been used as a tool of punishment. Rather, it is an effective tool to slap or goad cattle from horseback. In the vaquero tradition, a quirt with a long handle, known as a romal, was attached to the end of a closed set of reins. The romal was primarily used as a noisemaker to slap or goad cattle.

Definition of quirt in the English dictionary

The definition of quirt in the dictionary is a whip with a leather thong at one end. Other definition of quirt is to strike with a quirt.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO QUIRT

PRESENT

Present

I quirt

you quirt

he/she/it quirts

we quirt

you quirt

they quirt

Present continuous

I am quirting

you are quirting

he/she/it is quirting

we are quirting

you are quirting

they are quirting

Present perfect

I have quirted

you have quirted

he/she/it has quirted

we have quirted

you have quirted

they have quirted

Present perfect continuous

I have been quirting

you have been quirting

he/she/it has been quirting

we have been quirting

you have been quirting

they have been quirting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I quirted

you quirted

he/she/it quirted

we quirted

you quirted

they quirted

Past continuous

I was quirting

you were quirting

he/she/it was quirting

we were quirting

you were quirting

they were quirting

Past perfect

I had quirted

you had quirted

he/she/it had quirted

we had quirted

you had quirted

they had quirted

Past perfect continuous

I had been quirting

you had been quirting

he/she/it had been quirting

we had been quirting

you had been quirting

they had been quirting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will quirt

you will quirt

he/she/it will quirt

we will quirt

you will quirt

they will quirt

Future continuous

I will be quirting

you will be quirting

he/she/it will be quirting

we will be quirting

you will be quirting

they will be quirting

Future perfect

I will have quirted

you will have quirted

he/she/it will have quirted

we will have quirted

you will have quirted

they will have quirted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been quirting

you will have been quirting

he/she/it will have been quirting

we will have been quirting

you will have been quirting

they will have been quirting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would quirt

you would quirt

he/she/it would quirt

we would quirt

you would quirt

they would quirt

Conditional continuous

I would be quirting

you would be quirting

he/she/it would be quirting

we would be quirting

you would be quirting

they would be quirting

Conditional perfect

I would have quirt

you would have quirt

he/she/it would have quirt

we would have quirt

you would have quirt

they would have quirt

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been quirting

you would have been quirting

he/she/it would have been quirting

we would have been quirting

you would have been quirting

they would have been quirting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you quirt
we let´s quirt
you quirt

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to quirt

Past participle

quirted

Present Participle

quirting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF QUIRT

Find out the translation of quirt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of quirt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quirt» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: quirt
• Translator English - Spanish: quirt
• English: quirt
• Translator English - Hindi: quirt
• Translator English - Arabic: quirt
• Translator English - Russian: камчой
• Translator English - Portuguese: quirt
• Translator English - Bengali: quirt
• Translator English - French: cravacher
• Translator English - Malay: Quirt
• Translator English - German: geflochtene Reitpeitsche
• Translator English - Japanese: quirt
• Translator English - Korean: quirt
• Translator English - Javanese: Quirt
• Translator English - Vietnamese: roi da
• Translator English - Tamil: quirt
• Translator English - Marathi: संभोग
• Translator English - Turkish: küçük kırbaç
• Translator English - Italian: frustino
• Translator English - Polish: quirt
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Камчия
• Translator English - Romanian: Quirt
• Translator English - Greek: μαστίγιο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: quirt
• Translator English - Swedish: quirt
• Translator English - Norwegian: quirt

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUIRT»

Discover the use of quirt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quirt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Quirt and the Spur: Vanishing Shadows of the Texas Frontier

Rye, who intended the work to bring pleasure to old friends, never anticipated that it would be taken as history.

Edgar Rye, 1909

The Quirt

B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. This is one of her stories.

B. M. Bower, 2014

The Magic Quirt

Also includes the Western adventures, Vengeance Is Mine!, the story of a young man who sets out to avenge his father’s death only to commit an act beyond redemption, and Stacked Bullets, in which a game of chance is fixed, a whole town is ...

L. Ron Hubbard, 2012

Jackboots in the Heartland

The author blends powerful, convincing fiction with history to create a story that takes on special relevance following the terrorist attacks and addresses this question: What if Hitler had tried to attack America in 1941, when our homeland ...

John Quirt, 2002

A Song for the Horse Nation: Horses in Native American Cultures

Another important accessory was the quirt. Similar in purpose to a riding crop, a quirt is a small whip used to urge the animal onward at a faster pace. It also adds a certain flair to the rider's appearance. Plains Indian quirts were often made ...

George P. Horse Capture, Emil Her Many Horses, National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.), 2006

The Whirlpool

It's summer 1889, a season of reckless stunts and river casualities in Niagara Falls. Four lives become entangled by the whirlpool at the Falls and the woods surrounding it.

Brian Quirt, Jane Urquhart, 2001

The Cowboy at Work

Figure 6 shows the body of the quirt nearly finished. The turning-back process to be explained below has been completed and then extra, decorative filler strings — the black strings running about two-thirds the length of the body of the quirt— ...

Fay E. Ward, 2003

The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures ...

Two marines, Top Sergeant Flagg and Sgt. Harry Quirt, are continually falling out over their women. In Russia they meet a firebrand named Katinka, in Brooklyn a wise-cracking flapper from Coney Island, and in the tropics a Spanish siren ...

Kenneth White Munden, 1997

The South African Quirt

This autobiographical novel recalls a long-past summer spent on an upstate New York farm, where an embittered, tyrannical lawyer attempts to mold his twelve-year-old son into his own image of manhood

Walter Dumaux Edmonds, 1985

Texas Monthly

QUIRT Original Western Sculpture by America's best known Western Sculptor, J. Largo. QUIRT is cast in windstone and hand-finished in bronze. Signed, dated and copyrighted — it's a gift that will be remembered and enjoyed. 9 inches high.

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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUIRT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quirt is used in the context of the following news items.

Free Dentistry Day on Friday in Wittenberg

Free Dentistry Day is a national effort to get dental care to a growing number of people without dental insurance, according to a release from Quirt Family ... «Wausau Daily Herald, Jul 15»

Exhibit review: 'Revolutions Unseen'

Hosted by Frederick Holmes and Company: Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, “Revolutions Unseen” is an exhibition of Walter Quirt's art that spans from ... «Dailyuw, May 15»

Walter Quirt: One of the most vibrant artists you've never heard of

When New Yorker critic Robert Coates in 1944 saw “The Crucified,” Walter Quirt's colorful oil on canvas filled with icons, he called the modernist, Michigan-born ... «The Seattle Times, May 15»

Renewed view of revolutionary painter Walter Quirt

Viewed as revolutionary during his peak decades, 20th-century painter Walter Quirt slipped into obscurity and today is unknown even to many serious art ... «San Francisco Examiner, Feb 15»

Corning pot bust nets three men

When a search warrant was served on the property, deputies arrested Quirt Elwood Risley, 57, Anthony Michael Given, 27, and Steven Robert Frederickson, 44, ... «Appeal-Democrat, Feb 15»

Clean environment, a Charter right

Carolyn Quirt, another core member of the group, says the plan is to put together a presentation for Richmond council some time before the upcoming municipal ... «Richmond News, Aug 14»

Anita Majumdar's Same Same could use a little different

The play was developed by Brian Quirt's Nightswimming company and it's surprising that Quirt, as its director and dramaturge, never realized that the second act ... «The Globe and Mail, Feb 14»

'Dangerous' Richmond Rottweilers slated for destruction, but lawyer …

Quirt knew about that incident but did not know about the details of a prior biting incident on Sep. 20, 2010, when one of the dogs bit a Dachshund, causing a ... «The Province, Jan 14»

A view of the land through the lens of Birthright

'Hidden Beauty,' by Colin Quirt, was taken while visiting Bedouin tents in the desert. 'As we stood there quietly listening to the tour guide explain a few facts and ... «The Times of Israel, Jan 14»

Owners and animal lovers protest 'death sentence' for dogs

Protest organizer Carolyn Quirt said she feels the city is taking a “bullying stance” on the issue and believes the matter should resolved before it goes to court. «Richmond News, Jan 14»