Kink meaning

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An unusual or eccentric idea.
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Kink is defined as to make bends in something that is usually straight.

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

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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.

An example of a kink is a sharp bend in a piece of unwrapped wire.

An example of a kink is neck pain from sleeping in a strange position.

An example of a kink is always responding with a whistle when people say hello to you.

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A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, as one caused by the tensing of a looped section of wire.
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A painful muscle spasm, as in the neck or back; a crick.
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A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
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A mental peculiarity; a quirk.
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Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behavior or taste.
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To form or cause to form a kink or kinks.
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A short twist, curl, or bend in a thread, rope, hair, wire, etc.
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A painful muscle spasm or cramp in the neck, back, etc.; crick.
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A difficulty or defect in a plan or process.
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A mental twist; odd notion; whim; eccentricity.
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A quirk; peculiarity.
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To form or cause to form a kink or kinks.
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A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, as one caused by the tensing of a looped section of wire.
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A painful muscle spasm, as in the neck or back; a crick.
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To form or cause to form a kink or kinks.
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To laugh loudly.
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To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
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A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
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A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.

We couldn't get enough water to put out the fire because of a kink in the hose.

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A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.

They had planned to open another shop downtown, but their plan had a few kinks.

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An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.

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(slang, countable and uncountable) Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
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(Scotland, dialect) A fit of coughing or laughter.
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(mathematics) A positive 1-soliton solution to the Sine–Gordon equation.
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To form a kink or twist.
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(intransitive) To be formed into a kink or twist.
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Origin of kink

From Middle English kinken, kynken, from Old English *cincian ("to laugh"; attested by cincung (“a fit of laughter”)), from Proto-Germanic *kinkōną (“to laugh”), from Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock, jeer, deride”), related to Old English canc (“jeering, scorn, derision”). Cognate with Dutch kinken (“to kink, cough”).

Sentence Examples

  • Cyrus and hi~ Persians paid little heed to the treaties which the Median kink had concluded with the other powers; and the result was I great coalition against him, embracing Nabonidus of Babylon Amasis of Egypt, Croesus of Lydia, and the Spartans, whosi highly efficient army seemed to the Oriental states of great value In the spiing of 546 B.C., Croesus opened the attack.

  • About time she was thinking Sam might be the one she wanted to hire, Sam threw a kink into the process.

  • I tried to ask you more than once, but someone was always interrupting and throwing a new kink in my plans.

  • kink at the end.

  • Instead of these are cats with more or less abbreviated tails, showing in greater or less degree a decided kink or bend near the tip. In other cases the tail is of the short curling type of that of a bulldog; sometimes it starts quite straight, but divides in a fork-like manner near the tip; and in yet other instances it is altogether wanting, as in the typical Manx cats.

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