kink

The definition of a kink is a bend or curl in something that is usually straight, an ache or cramp in a muscle or an unusual mannerism.

(noun)

  1. An example of a kink is a sharp bend in a piece of unwrapped wire.
  2. An example of a kink is neck pain from sleeping in a strange position.
  3. An example of a kink is always responding with a whistle when people say hello to you.

Kink is defined as to make bends in something that is usually straight.

(verb)

An example of kink is using a crimping iron on your hair.

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See kink in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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
    1. a mental twist; queer notion; whim; eccentricity
    2. a quirk; peculiarity
  3. a difficulty or defect in a plan or process

Origin: < 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

See kink in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, as one caused by the tensing of a looped section of wire.
  2. A painful muscle spasm, as in the neck or back; a crick.
  3. A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
  4. A mental peculiarity; a quirk.
  5. An unusual or eccentric idea.
  6. Slang Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behavior or taste.
intr. & tr.v. kinked, kink·ing, kinks
To form or cause to form a kink or kinks.

Origin:

Origin: Dutch, twist in a rope

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