kink
Plural: kinks
Noun
- a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a person with unusual sexual tastes
- an eccentric idea
- a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation
- "there are still a few kinks to iron out"
- A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
- 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.
- Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
- A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
- A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.
Verb
Verb Forms: kinked, kinking, kinks
- To form a tight curl, twist, or bend in something.
- curl tightly
- form a curl, curve, or kink
- To laugh loudly.
- To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
- To form a kink or twist.
- To be formed into a kink or twist.
Examples
- He tried to KINK the rules of the game, but the judge was having none of it.
- They had planned to open another shop downtown, but their plan had a few kinks.
- We couldn't get enough water to put out the fire because of a kink in the hose.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English kinken, kynken, from Old English *cincian (attested in cincung), from Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn, 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”).
Synonyms
crape, crick, crimp, curl, curve, frizz, frizzle, kink up, rick, twirl, twist, wrick, kinkster, paraphilia
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
kink: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordkink: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
kink: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary