Kink
[kɪŋk]
Definition
(noun.) a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation; 'there are still a few kinks to iron out'.
(noun.) an eccentric idea.
(noun.) a person with unusual sexual tastes.
(noun.) a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight.
Typed by Aileen--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
(v. i.) To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread.
(n.) A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter.
Inputed by Cornelia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Twist, knot, entanglement.[2]. Whim, crotchet.
Checker: Phyllis
Definition
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.
v.i. to cough loudly gasp for breath.—n. a convulsive cough or gasp.—n. Kink′cough whooping-cough chincough (q.v.).
Typist: Sam
Examples
- You'll die if I do, that's the kink of it, said Haley,--no! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The wire is first passed through a series of rapidly revolving, straightening rolls which take out all twists and kinks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A friction pad was also placed between the cloth seam and the spool, to prevent the thread from kinking or twisting under the point of the descending needle. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typed by Bush