Kink definition
An unusual or eccentric idea.
noun
(slang) Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behavior or taste.
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A painful muscle spasm, as in the neck or back; a crick.
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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.
noun
To form or cause to form a kink or kinks.
verb
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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.
noun
To form or cause to form a kink or kinks.
verb
A painful muscle spasm or cramp in the neck, back, etc.; crick.
noun
A short twist, curl, or bend in a thread, rope, hair, wire, etc.
noun
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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.
verb
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.
noun
A difficulty or defect in a plan or process.
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A mental twist; odd notion; whim; eccentricity.
noun
A quirk; peculiarity.
noun
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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.
noun
A painful muscle spasm, as in the neck or back; a crick.
noun
To form or cause to form a kink or kinks.
verb
An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
noun
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(intransitive) To be formed into a kink or twist.
verb
Origin of kink
- Dutch twist in a rope
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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”).
From Wiktionary
- From Norwegian or Swedish kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”), from Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), from Proto-Germanic *kenk-, *keng- (“to bend, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). Cognate with Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”).
From Wiktionary