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kink definition

kink (kiŋk)

noun

  1. a short twist, curl, or bend in a thread, rope, hair, wire, etc.
  2. a painful muscle spasm or cramp in the neck, back, etc.; crick
  3. ☆
    1. a mental twist; queer notion; whim; eccentricity
    2. a quirk; peculiarity
  4. a difficulty or defect in a plan or process

Etymology: < Scand, as in Swed & Dan kink, akin to MLowG kinke, Du kink

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to form or cause to form a kink or kinks

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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