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KINK
kink
(noun) a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation; “there are still a few kinks to iron out”
kink
(noun) an eccentric idea
kink
(noun) a person with unusual sexual tastes
kink, twist, twirl
(noun) a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
crick, kink, rick, wrick
(noun) a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
curl, curve, kink
(verb) form a curl, curve, or kink; “the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling”
crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink
(verb) curl tightly; “crimp hair”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
kink (third-person singular simple present kinks, present participle kinking, simple past and past participle kinked)
To laugh loudly.
To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
Noun
kink (plural kinks)
(Scotland, dialect) A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
Etymology 2
Noun
kink (countable and uncountable, plural kinks)
A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
(slang, countable and uncountable) Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
(mathematics) A positive 1-soliton solution to the Sine–Gordon equation
Antonyms
• (unusual sexuality): normophilia
Verb
kink (third-person singular simple present kinks, present participle kinking, simple past and past participle kinked)
(transitive) To form a kink or twist.
(intransitive) To be formed into a kink or twist.
Anagrams
• Knik
Source: Wiktionary
Kink, n. Etym: [D. kink a bend or turn, or Sw. kink.]
1. A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord.
2. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice. [Colloq.] Cozzens.
Kink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Kinking.]
Definition: To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread.
Kink, n. Etym: [Cf. Chincough, Kink-haust.]
Definition: A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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