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1. (n.) kink
a twist or curl, as in a thread, rope, wire, or hair.
2. kink
a muscular stiffness or soreness, as in the neck or back.
3. kink
a flaw or imperfection likely to hinder the operation of something, as a machine or plan.
4. kink
a mental twist; notion; whim or crotchet.
5. kink
an eccentricity or quirk.
6. (v.i.) kink
to form or cause to form a kink or kinks, as a rope.
Etymology: (1670–80; < D: a twist in a rope)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) crick, kink, rick, wrick
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
2. (noun) kink, twist, twirl
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
3. (noun) kink
a person with unusual sexual tastes
4. (noun) kink
an eccentric idea
5. (verb) kink
a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation
"there are still a few kinks to iron out"
6. (verb) crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink
curl tightly
"crimp hair"
7. (verb) curl, curve, kink
form a curl, curve, or kink
"the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
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1. (noun) kink
a bend or twist
a kink in the wire
2. kink
a problem
a kink in the system
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) kink
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
2. (noun) kink
an unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice
3. (noun) kink
a fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter
4. (verb) kink
to wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread
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Sense: a twist or bend, eg in a string, rope etc.
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 Afrikaans: kinkel |
 Arabic: إلتِواء، إنْحِناء |
 Bulgarian: чупка |
 Brazilian: nó |
 Czech: smyčka |
 German: die Schleife |
 Danish: knæk; bugtning |
 Greek: στρίψιμο, κόμπος |
 Spanish: retorcedura, vuelta, rizo |
 Estonian: kruss |
 Farsi: گوریدگی |
 Finnish: sykkyrä |
 French: entortillement |
 Hebrew: פִּיתוּל |
 Hindi: बल |
 Croatian: zauzlati |
 Hungarian: csomó |
 Indonesian: gulungan |
 Icelandic: snurða, hnökri |
 Italian: piega; nodo |
 Japanese: ねじれ |
 Korean: 꼬임 |
 Lithuanian: mazgelis, kilpa |
 Latvian: cilpa; mezgls; savijums |
 Malay: pintalan |
 Dutch: kink |
 Norwegian: bend, floke, bukt |
 Polish: supeł |
 Persian: پيچ وتاب خوردن |
 Pashto: تاو وپيچ خوړل |
 Portuguese: nó |
 Romanian: nod; răsucitură |
 Russian: перекручивание |
 Slovak: slučka |
 Slovenian: zanka |
 Serbian: petlja |
 Swedish: knut,ögla, kink |
 Thai: ปม |
 Turkish: kıvrım, kıvırcık |
 Taiwanese: (繩索的)紐結 |
 Ukrainian: перекручення; петля |
 Urdu: تار یا نلکی کا بل |
 Vietnamese: chỗ thắt nút |
 Chinese: （绳索的）纽结 |
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