kink

kink  (kngk)

n.

1. A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, as one caused by the tensing of a looped section of wire.

2. A painful muscle spasm, as in the neck or back; a crick.

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

4. A mental peculiarity; a quirk.

5. An unusual or eccentric idea.

6. Slang Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behavior or taste.

intr. & tr.v. kinked, kink·ing, kinks

To form or cause to form a kink or kinks.

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[Dutch, twist in a rope.]

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kink [kɪŋk]

n

1. a sharp twist or bend in a wire, rope, hair, etc., esp one caused when it is pulled tight

2. a crick in the neck or similar muscular spasm

3. a flaw or minor difficulty in some undertaking or project

4. a flaw or idiosyncrasy of personality; quirk

5. Brit informal a sexual deviation

6. US a clever or unusual idea

vb

to form or cause to form a kink

[from Dutch: a curl in a rope; compare Middle Low German kinke kink, Old Norse kinka to nod]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	kink - a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) crick, rick, wrick Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - 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 cramp, muscle spasm, spasm - a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
	2.	kink - a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight twirl, twist crease, crimp, fold, plication, flexure, bend - an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
	3.	kink - a person with unusual sexual tastes individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	4.	kink - an eccentric idea idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"
	5.	kink - a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation; "there are still a few kinks to iron out" difficulty - a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
Verb	1.	kink - curl tightly; "crimp hair" frizz, kink up, frizzle, crape, crimp curl, wave - twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
	2.	kink - form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling" curl, curve change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface

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kink

noun

1. twist, bend, wrinkle, knot, tangle, coil, corkscrew, entanglement, crimp, frizz a tiny black kitten with tufted ears and a kink in her tail

2. quirk, eccentricity, foible, idiosyncrasy, whim, fetish, vagary, singularity, crotchet What kink did he have in his character?

3. flaw, difficulty, defect, complication, tangle, knot, hitch, imperfection working out the kinks of a potential trade agreement

Translations

kink [kɪŋk]

A. N (in rope etc) → retorcedura f, vuelta f; (in hair) → onda f; (in paper) → arruga f, pliegue m (fig) (emotional, psychological) → manía f, trauma m; (sexual) → perversión f

B. VI → enroscarse; [hair] → ondularse

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kink [ˈkɪŋk] n

[rope] → entortillement m
to work out the kinks in sth → démêler l'écheveau de qch

(in hair)
I'm trying to get the kinks out of my hair → J'essaie de rendre mes cheveux moins crépus.

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kink

n

(in rope etc) → Knick m, → Schlaufe f; (in hair) → Welle f; to work out or iron out the kinks (fig) → die Sache geradebiegen (inf)

(= mental peculiarity) → Schrulle f, → Tick m (inf); (sexual) → abartige Veranlagung

vi (rope) → Schlaufen bilden, sich verdrehen; (hair) → sich wellen

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kink [kɪŋk]

1. n (in rope) → attorcigliamento; (in hair) → riccio (fig) (emotional, psychological, sexual) → aberrazione f

2. vi → attorcigliarsi

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kink [kɪŋk]

1. n (in rope) → attorcigliamento; (in hair) → riccio (fig) (emotional, psychological, sexual) → aberrazione f

2. vi → attorcigliarsi

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kink

n kink [kiŋk]

a twist or bend, eg in a string, rope etc. kinkel إلتِواء، إنْحِناء чупка smyčka knæk; bugtning die Schleife στρίψιμο, κόμπος retorcedura, vuelta, rizo kruss گوریدگی sykkyrä entortillement פִּיתוּל बल zauzlati csomó gulungan snurða, hnökri piega; nodo ねじれ 꼬임 mazgelis, kilpa cilpa; mezgls; savijums pintalan kink bend, floke, bukt supeł nó nod; răsucitură перекручивание slučka zanka petlja knut, ögla, kink ปม kıvrım, kıvırcık （繩索的）紐結 перекручення; петля تار یا نلکی کا بل chỗ thắt nút （绳索的）纽结

adj kinky

(hair) with a lot of small curls. kinkelrig مُلْتَوٍ، مُنْحَني، مُتَجَعِّد извит kudrnatý krøllet kraus σγουρός rizado krussis گوریده؛ دارای فر های ریز sykkyräinen crépu מְסוּלסַל बल या पेंच वाला zamršen göndör (hajú) keriting crespo, ricciuto （髪などが）よじれた 곱슬한 smulkiai susiraitęs, garbanotas čirkains (par matiem) berpintal-pintal kroes småkruset kręcony (o włosach) в мелких завитушках kučeravý skodran kovrdžav krusig ที่เป็นม้วนขด kıvırcık 卷曲的 кучерявий بل دار چھوٹے بالوں والا quăn; xoắn 卷曲的