Associations to the word «Quirt»

Wiktionary

QUIRT, noun. A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.
QUIRT, verb. To strike with a quirt.

Dictionary definition

QUIRT, noun. Whip with a leather thong at the end.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats