Kinky
//ˈkɪŋki// adj, slang
adj, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.
"kinky hair"
- 2 Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices. informal
"What had I been expecting, behind that closed door, the first time? At the very least some minor sexual manipulation, some bygone peccadillo now denied him, prohibited by law and punishable by amputation. To be asked to play Scrabble, instead, as if we were an old married couple, or two children, seemed kinky in the extreme, a violation in its own way."
- 3 Queer; eccentric; crotchety.
Adjective
- 1 (informal) strikingly unconventional wordnet
- 2 (of hair) in small tight curls wordnet
- 3 (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples""What's the difference between erotic and kinky?" "Erotic is when you use a feather and kinky is when you use a whole chicken.""
Etymology
From kink + -y. Compare Spanish canquiñi (“nappy”).
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