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Kink

//kɪŋk// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying. Scotland, dialectal
  2. 2
    A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc. countable, uncountable

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

  3. 3
    a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation wordnet
  4. 4
    A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system. countable, uncountable

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

  5. 5
    an eccentric idea wordnet
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  1. 6
    An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice. countable, uncountable

    "Never a Yankee was born or bred / Without that peculiar kink in his head / By which he could turn the smallest amount / Of whatever he had to the best account."

  2. 7
    a person with unusual sexual tastes wordnet
  3. 8
    Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste. countable, uncountable

    "No more kink. Nothing. Finito. Got it?"

  4. 9
    a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight wordnet
  5. 10
    A person with peculiar sexual tastes. countable, uncountable

    ""What do they think you know?" "No more than I've told you. That he's a kink. He rapes people and kills people and spends too much money and flies grass in.""

  6. 11
    a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British) wordnet
  7. 12
    Any sexual preference outside normal or expected norms. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To laugh loudly.
  2. 2
    To form a kink or twist. transitive
  3. 3
    form a curl, curve, or kink wordnet
  4. 4
    To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
  5. 5
    To be formed into a kink or twist. intransitive
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  1. 6
    curl tightly wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

Etymology 3

From Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”), from Proto-Germanic *kenk-, *keng- (“to bend, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). Compare Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). Probably related to kick.

Etymology 4

From Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”), from Proto-Germanic *kenk-, *keng- (“to bend, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). Compare Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). Probably related to kick.

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