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

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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

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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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