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NounPlural: kinks |
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| kink - a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight | ||
| twist, twirl | ||
| plication, crease, crimp, flexure, bend, fold the act of folding in parallel folds | ||
| kink - a person with unusual sexual tastes | ||
| mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism | ||
| kink - an eccentric idea | ||
| thought, idea the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual; "19th century thought"; "Darwinian thought" | ||
| kink - a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation; "there are still a few kinks to iron out" | ||
| kink - a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) | ||
| crick, rick, wrick | ||
| muscle spasm, spasm, cramp (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel) | ||
| britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, great britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom | ||
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Wiktionary 
- kink (Noun)
A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying. - kink (Noun)
A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc. - kink (Noun)
A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system. - kink (Noun)
Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste. - kink (Noun)
A fit of coughing or laughter. - kink (Noun)
A positive 1- soliton solution to the Sine–Gordon equation . - kink (Verb)
To laugh loudly. - kink (Verb)
To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing. - kink (Verb)
To form a kink or twist. - kink (Verb)
To be formed into a kink or twist.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- kink (n.)
A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord. - kink (n.)
An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice. - kink (v. i.)
To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread. - kink (n.)
A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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kink
kingk, n. a twist in a string, rope, &c.—also Kink′le.—v.i. and v.t. to twist.—adj. Kink′y, full of kinks: woolly: crotchety. [Scand.; Sw. and Norw. kink.] -
kink
kingk, v.i. to cough loudly, gasp for breath.—n. a convulsive cough or gasp.—n. Kink′cough, whooping-cough, chincough (q.v.)
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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kink
a sort of twist or turn in any cable or other rope, occasioned by its being very stiff or close-laid; or by being drawn too hastily out of the roll or tier, when it lies coiled. See the article COILING.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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kink
An accidental curling, twist, or doubling turn in a cable or rope, occasioned by its being very stiff, or close laid, or by being drawn too hastily out of the coil or tier in which it was coiled. (See COILING.)--To kink. To twist.
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