Kink

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kink \Kink\, n. [D. kink a bend or turn, or Sw. kink.]
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     1. 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.
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     2. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
        [Colloq.] --Cozzens.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kink \Kink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kinked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Kinking}.]
     To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon
     itself, as a rope or thread.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kink \Kink\, n. [Cf. {Chincough}, {Kink-haust}.]
     A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter.
     [Scot.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kink
       n : a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is
           pulled tight [syn: {twist}, {twirl}]
       v 1: curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: {crimp}, {crape}, {frizzle},
             {frizz}, {kink up}]
       2: form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at
          the ceiling" [syn: {curl}, {curve}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  183 Moby Thesaurus words for "kink":
     acute pain, birthmark, bite, blackhead, bleb, blemish, blister,
     boring pain, boutade, brainstorm, bug, bulla, capriccio, caprice,
     catch, charley horse, check, cicatrix, cicatrize, cirrus, coil,
     comedo, complication, conceit, corkscrew, crack, cramp, cramps,
     crank, crater, craze, crazy idea, crick, crimp, crinkle, crisp,
     crotchet, curl, curlicue, darting pain, deface, defacement, defect,
     defection, deficiency, deform, deformation, deformity, difficulty,
     disfiguration, disfigure, disfigurement, distort, distortion,
     drawback, eccentricity, evolute, fad, failing, failure, fancy,
     fantastic notion, fantasy, fault, faute, flaw, flimflam, foible,
     fool notion, frailty, freak, freakish inspiration, freckle,
     fulgurant pain, girdle pain, gnawing, griping, gyre,
     harebrained idea, helix, hemangioma, hickey, hitch, hole, humor,
     idiosyncrasy, imperfection, inadequacy, infirmity, involute,
     jumping pain, keloid, knot, lancinating pain, lentigo,
     little problem, maggot, mar, megrim, milium, mole, needle scar,
     nevus, nip, notion, pang, paroxysm, passing fancy, pimple, pinch,
     pit, pock, pockmark, port-wine mark, port-wine stain, prick,
     problem, pustule, quirk, rift, ringlet, roll, scab, scar, scarify,
     scratch, screw, scroll, sebaceous cyst, seizure, sharp pain, shoot,
     shooting, shooting pain, shortcoming, snag, something missing,
     spasm, spiral, split, stab, stabbing pain, stitch, strawberry mark,
     sty, swirl, taint, tangle, tendril, thrill, throes, tormen, toy,
     track, tweak, twinge, twirl, twist, twitch, vagary, verruca,
     vesicle, volute, volution, vortex, vulnerable place, wale, warp,
     wart, weak link, weak point, weakness, weal, welt, wen, whim,
     whim-wham, whimsy, whirl, whitehead, whorl, wrench, wrinkle