quirt/kwɜːt/EtymologyFrom Spanish cuerda (“cord”), or Mexican Spanish cuarta (“whip”).quirt means A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.nounA rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.“He sprang into the saddle easily as a bird, got the quirt from the horn, and gave his pony a slash with it.”verbTo strike with a quirt.